#4D379D#4D379D

#4D379D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.158 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D379D
RGB	rgb(77, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 36.47, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 63.88, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0476 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.158 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5108, 6.7440, 32.6396)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D379D #879D37

analogous

#37549D #4D379D #80379D

triadic

#4D379D #9D4D37 #379D4D

tetradic

#4D379D #9D3754 #879D37 #379D80

square

#4D379D #9D3754 #879D37 #379D80

split-complementary

#4D379D #9D8037 #549D37

monochromatic

#211742 #372770 #4D379D #6850C2 #8F7DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4D379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4D379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D379D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D379D	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.158 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fbb',
    500: '#4d379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d379d;
$custom-light: #866fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42259,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D379D

secondary

#ACBB75

accent

#D850BA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D379D

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

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