#4D3497#4D3497

#4D3497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.154 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3497
RGB	rgb(77, 52, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 65.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 36.43, -50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 62.38, 305.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0514 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.154 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8729, 6.2677, 29.9617)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3497 #7E9734

analogous

#344C97 #4D3497 #7F3497

triadic

#4D3497 #974D34 #34974D

tetradic

#4D3497 #97344C #7E9734 #34977F

square

#4D3497 #97344C #7E9734 #34977F

split-complementary

#4D3497 #977F34 #4C9734

monochromatic

#1F153C #362469 #4D3497 #6648C0 #8C76D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4D3497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4D3497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3497

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3497	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004495

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 52, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.154 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856db6',
    500: '#4d3497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3497;
$custom-light: #856db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 48.768,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41284,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3497

secondary

#A6B86F

accent

#D84FB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3497

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

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