#4D308E#4D308E

#4D308E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.148 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D308E
RGB	rgb(77, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 66%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 36.09, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 59.80, 307.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0568 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.148 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9987, 5.6444, 26.2013)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D308E #718E30

analogous

#30428E #4D308E #7C308E

triadic

#4D308E #8E4D30 #308E4D

tetradic

#4D308E #8E3042 #718E30 #308E7C

square

#4D308E #8E3042 #718E30 #308E7C

split-complementary

#4D308E #8E7C30 #428E30

monochromatic

#1B1133 #342160 #4D308E #663FBC #896BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4D308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4D308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D308E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D308E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.148 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ab0',
    500: '#4d308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d308e;
$custom-light: #846ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.511,
    "s": 49.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39916,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D308E

secondary

#9CB465

accent

#D94FAE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D308E

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

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