#4D3597#4D3597

#4D3597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.153 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3597
RGB	rgb(77, 53, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 64.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 35.84, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 61.75, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% 0.0504 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.153 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9180, 6.3579, 29.9768)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.13

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3597 #7F9735

analogous

#354E97 #4D3597 #7E3597

triadic

#4D3597 #974D35 #35974D

tetradic

#4D3597 #97354E #7F9735 #35977E

square

#4D3597 #97354E #7F9735 #35977E

split-complementary

#4D3597 #977E35 #4E9735

monochromatic

#1F153C #36256A #4D3597 #674ABF #8D77CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4D3597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4D3597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3597

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3597	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 53, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.153 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb6',
    500: '#4d3597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3597;
$custom-light: #856eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 48.039,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41443,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3597

secondary

#A6B870

accent

#D850B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3597

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

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