#4D338C#4D338C

#4D338C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.141 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D338C
RGB	rgb(77, 51, 140)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 63.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 33.73, -45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 56.74, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0536 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.141 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9767, 5.8386, 25.4599)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D338C #728C33

analogous

#33468C #4D338C #7A338C

triadic

#4D338C #8C4D33 #338C4D

tetradic

#4D338C #8C3346 #728C33 #338C7A

square

#4D338C #8C3346 #728C33 #338C7A

split-complementary

#4D338C #8C7A33 #468C33

monochromatic

#1C1232 #34235F #4D338C #6643B9 #8A6FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4D338C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4D338C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D338C

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D338C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D338C	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d338c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 51, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.141 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cae',
    500: '#4d338c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d338c;
$custom-light: #846cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d338c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.528,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40233,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D338C

secondary

#9DB268

accent

#D652AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D338C

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

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