#4D3699#4D3699

#4D3699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.154 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3699
RGB	rgb(77, 54, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 64.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 35.85, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 62.25, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.0491 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.154 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1278, 6.5156, 30.8548)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3699 #829936

analogous

#365199 #4D3699 #7E3699

triadic

#4D3699 #994D36 #36994D

tetradic

#4D3699 #993651 #829936 #36997E

square

#4D3699 #993651 #829936 #36997E

split-complementary

#4D3699 #997E36 #519936

monochromatic

#1F163F #36266C #4D3699 #674CC0 #8E7AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4D3699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4D3699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3699

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3699	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 54, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.154 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856eb8',
    500: '#4d3699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3699;
$custom-light: #856eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.939,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41768,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3699

secondary

#A8B972

accent

#D750B8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3699

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

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