#4D3799#4D3799

#4D3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.152 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3799
RGB	rgb(77, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 35.25, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 61.61, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.048 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.152 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1749, 6.6096, 30.8705)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3799 #839937

analogous

#375299 #4D3799 #7E3799

triadic

#4D3799 #994D37 #37994D

tetradic

#4D3799 #993752 #839937 #37997E

square

#4D3799 #993752 #839937 #37997E

split-complementary

#4D3799 #997E37 #529937

monochromatic

#20173F #36276C #4D3799 #674EBF #8E7BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#4D3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4D3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3799

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3799	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.152 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fb8',
    500: '#4d3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3799;
$custom-light: #856fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.469,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4193,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3799

secondary

#A9B973

accent

#D751B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3799

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

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