#4D3281#4D3281

#4D3281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.128 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3281
RGB	rgb(77, 50, 129)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 61.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 31.10, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 51.03, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0554 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.128 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1626, 5.4438, 21.3853)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3281 #668132

analogous

#323F81 #4D3281 #743281

triadic

#4D3281 #814D32 #32814D

tetradic

#4D3281 #81323F #668132 #328174

square

#4D3281 #81323F #668132 #328174

split-complementary

#4D3281 #817432 #3F8132

monochromatic

#181029 #332155 #4D3281 #6743AD #8869C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4D3281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4D3281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3281

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3281	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F417F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 50, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.128 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ba6',
    500: '#4d3281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3281;
$custom-light: #836ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3281

secondary

#93AC62

accent

#D454A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3281

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

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