#4D3485#4D3485

#4D3485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.130 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3485
RGB	rgb(77, 52, 133)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 61%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 31.05, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 52.03, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0527 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.13 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5211, 5.7270, 22.8422)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3485 #6C8534

analogous

#344485 #4D3485 #763485

triadic

#4D3485 #854D34 #34854D

tetradic

#4D3485 #853444 #6C8534 #348576

square

#4D3485 #853444 #6C8534 #348576

split-complementary

#4D3485 #857634 #448534

monochromatic

#1A122D #342359 #4D3485 #6645B1 #896DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4D3485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D3485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3485

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3485	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 52, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.130 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ca9',
    500: '#4d3485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3485;
$custom-light: #836ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.519,
    "s": 43.784,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39858,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3485

secondary

#98AE67

accent

#D454AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3485

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

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