#4D3188#4D3188

#4D3188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.138 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3188
RGB	rgb(77, 49, 136)
HSL	hsl(259, 47%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 64%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 64%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 33.74, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 55.73, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0562 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.138 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.6016, 5.5518, 23.9062)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3188 #6C8831

analogous

#314188 #4D3188 #793188

triadic

#4D3188 #884D31 #31884D

tetradic

#4D3188 #883141 #6C8831 #318879

square

#4D3188 #883141 #6C8831 #318879

split-complementary

#4D3188 #887931 #418831

monochromatic

#1A112E #34215B #4D3188 #6641B5 #896AC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4D3188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4D3188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3188

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3188	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 49, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.138 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846aab',
    500: '#4d3188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3188;
$custom-light: #846aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.31,
    "s": 47.027,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39592,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3188

secondary

#98B164

accent

#D751AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3188

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

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