#4D3897#4D3897

#4D3897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.148 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3897
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 151)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 62.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 34.04, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 59.82, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.047 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.148 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0590, 6.6401, 30.0238)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3897 #829738

analogous

#385297 #4D3897 #7C3897

triadic

#4D3897 #974D38 #38974D

tetradic

#4D3897 #973852 #829738 #38977C

square

#4D3897 #973852 #829738 #38977C

split-complementary

#4D3897 #977C38 #529738

monochromatic

#1F173E #36276A #4D3897 #674FBE #8E7BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#4D3897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4D3897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3897

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3897	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.148 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570b6',
    500: '#4d3897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3897;
$custom-light: #8570b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.263,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41934,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3897

secondary

#A8B773

accent

#D652B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3897

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

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