#4D338D#4D338D

#4D338D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.142 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D338D
RGB	rgb(77, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 34.03, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 57.31, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0535 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.142 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0508, 5.8682, 25.8499)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D338D #738D33

analogous

#33468D #4D338D #7A338D

triadic

#4D338D #8D4D33 #338D4D

tetradic

#4D338D #8D3346 #738D33 #338D7A

square

#4D338D #8D3346 #738D33 #338D7A

split-complementary

#4D338D #8D7A33 #468D33

monochromatic

#1C1233 #342360 #4D338D #6643BA #8A6FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4D338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4D338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D338D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D338D	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.142 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846caf',
    500: '#4d338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d338d;
$custom-light: #846caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40312,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D338D

secondary

#9EB369

accent

#D751B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D338D

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

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