#4D379B#4D379B

#4D379B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.155 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D379B
RGB	rgb(77, 55, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 64.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 35.86, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 62.74, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0478 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.155 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.3414, 6.6763, 31.7477)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D379B #859B37

analogous

#37539B #4D379B #7F379B

triadic

#4D379B #9B4D37 #379B4D

tetradic

#4D379B #9B3753 #859B37 #379B7F

square

#4D379B #9B3753 #859B37 #379B7F

split-complementary

#4D379B #9B7F37 #539B37

monochromatic

#201741 #37276E #4D379B #684FC0 #8F7CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4D379B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4D379B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D379B

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D379B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D379B	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d379b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 55, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.155 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fb9',
    500: '#4d379b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d379b;
$custom-light: #866fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d379b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42094,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.06677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D379B

secondary

#AABA74

accent

#D751BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D379B

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

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