#4D3795#4D3795

#4D3795 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.147 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3795
RGB	rgb(77, 55, 149)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 63%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 34.03, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 59.32, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.0483 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.147 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8500, 6.4797, 29.1596)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3795 #7F9537

analogous

#375095 #4D3795 #7C3795

triadic

#4D3795 #954D37 #37954D

tetradic

#4D3795 #953750 #7F9537 #37957C

square

#4D3795 #953750 #7F9537 #37957C

split-complementary

#4D3795 #957C37 #509537

monochromatic

#1F163C #362768 #4D3795 #674CBD #8D79CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4D3795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4D3795 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3795

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3795	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 55, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.147 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb5',
    500: '#4d3795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3795;
$custom-light: #856fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41608,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3795

secondary

#A6B671

accent

#D652B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3795

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

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