#4D378D#4D378D

#4D378D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.136 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D378D
RGB	rgb(77, 55, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 31.60, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 54.69, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0487 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.136 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2331, 6.2329, 25.9107)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.72

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D378D #778D37

analogous

#374C8D #4D378D #78378D

triadic

#4D378D #8D4D37 #378D4D

tetradic

#4D378D #8D374C #778D37 #378D78

square

#4D378D #8D374C #778D37 #378D78

split-complementary

#4D378D #8D7837 #4C8D37

monochromatic

#1D1535 #352661 #4D378D #6649B8 #8B75C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#4D378D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4D378D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D378D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D378D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D378D	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.136 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846faf',
    500: '#4d378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d378d;
$custom-light: #846faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.349,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4098,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D378D

secondary

#A1B26E

accent

#D454B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D378D

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

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