#4D3399#4D3399

#4D3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.158 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3399
RGB	rgb(77, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 37.61, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 64.14, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.0523 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.158 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9925, 6.2449, 30.8097)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3399 #7F9933

analogous

#334C99 #4D3399 #803399

triadic

#4D3399 #994D33 #33994D

tetradic

#4D3399 #99334C #7F9933 #339980

square

#4D3399 #99334C #7F9933 #339980

split-complementary

#4D3399 #998033 #4C9933

monochromatic

#1F143D #36246B #4D3399 #6747C2 #8D75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4D3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4D3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3399

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3399	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.158 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866cb8',
    500: '#4d3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3399;
$custom-light: #866cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.294,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41294,
    "c": 0.15778,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3399

secondary

#A6B96E

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3399

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

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