#4D3198#4D3198

#4D3198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.159 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3198
RGB	rgb(77, 49, 152)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, 38.47, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 64.82, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0545 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.159 290)
XYZ	xyz(9.8248, 6.0410, 30.3480)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3198 #7C9831

analogous

#314898 #4D3198 #813198

triadic

#4D3198 #984D31 #31984D

tetradic

#4D3198 #983148 #7C9831 #319881

square

#4D3198 #983148 #7C9831 #319881

split-complementary

#4D3198 #988131 #489831

monochromatic

#1E133B #36226A #4D3198 #6644C3 #8C72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4D3198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4D3198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3198

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3198	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00479B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 49, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.159 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bb7',
    500: '#4d3198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3198;
$custom-light: #866bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40903,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.06041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3198

secondary

#A4B96B

accent

#DB4DB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3198

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

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