#4D3199#4D3199

#4D3199 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.160 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3199
RGB	rgb(77, 49, 153)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 68%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 38.76, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 65.38, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0544 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.16 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9070, 6.0739, 30.7812)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3199 #7D9931

analogous

#314999 #4D3199 #813199

triadic

#4D3199 #994D31 #31994D

tetradic

#4D3199 #993149 #7D9931 #319981

square

#4D3199 #993149 #7D9931 #319981

split-complementary

#4D3199 #998131 #499931

monochromatic

#1E133C #36226B #4D3199 #6644C3 #8C72D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4D3199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4D3199 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3199

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3199	1.00	9.48	2.21	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00489C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 49, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.160 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866bb8',
    500: '#4d3199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3199;
$custom-light: #866bb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40988,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3199

secondary

#A5BA6C

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3199

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

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