#4D338E#4D338E

#4D338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.143 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D338E
RGB	rgb(77, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 34.32, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 57.89, 306.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.0534 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.143 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1255, 5.8981, 26.2436)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D338E #748E33

analogous

#33468E #4D338E #7A338E

triadic

#4D338E #8E4D33 #338E4D

tetradic

#4D338E #8E3346 #748E33 #338E7A

square

#4D338E #8E3346 #748E33 #338E7A

split-complementary

#4D338E #8E7A33 #468E33

monochromatic

#1C1334 #352361 #4D338E #6543BB #8A70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4D338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4D338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D338E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D338E	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.143 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cb0',
    500: '#4d338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d338e;
$custom-light: #846cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40392,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D338E

secondary

#9EB469

accent

#D751B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D338E

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

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