#4D3097#4D3097

#4D3097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.159 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3097
RGB	rgb(77, 48, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 68.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 38.74, -52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 64.87, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.0557 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.159 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7018, 5.9257, 29.9047)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3097 #7A9730

analogous

#304797 #4D3097 #813097

triadic

#4D3097 #974D30 #30974D

tetradic

#4D3097 #973047 #7A9730 #309781

square

#4D3097 #973047 #7A9730 #309781

split-complementary

#4D3097 #978130 #479730

monochromatic

#1E123A #352169 #4D3097 #6641C3 #8B70D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4D3097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4D3097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3097

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3097	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 48, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.159 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ab6',
    500: '#4d3097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3097;
$custom-light: #866ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.893,
    "s": 51.759,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40667,
    "c": 0.15914,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3097

secondary

#A3B96A

accent

#DB4DB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3097

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

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