#4D308D#4D308D

#4D308D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.146 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D308D
RGB	rgb(77, 48, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 35.79, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 59.23, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.057 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.146 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9239, 5.6145, 25.8077)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D308D #708D30

analogous

#30428D #4D308D #7C308D

triadic

#4D308D #8D4D30 #308D4D

tetradic

#4D308D #8D3042 #708D30 #308D7C

square

#4D308D #8D3042 #708D30 #308D7C

split-complementary

#4D308D #8D7C30 #428D30

monochromatic

#1B1132 #34205F #4D308D #6640BB #896BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4D308D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4D308D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D308D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D308D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D308D	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d308d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 48, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.146 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846aaf',
    500: '#4d308d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d308d;
$custom-light: #846aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d308d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39834,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D308D

secondary

#9BB465

accent

#D94FAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D308D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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