#4D389C#4D389C

#4D389C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.155 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D389C
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 64.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 35.57, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 62.67, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.0466 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.155 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4737, 6.8059, 32.2078)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D389C #879C38

analogous

#38559C #4D389C #7F389C

triadic

#4D389C #9C4D38 #389C4D

tetradic

#4D389C #9C3855 #879C38 #389C7F

square

#4D389C #9C3855 #879C38 #389C7F

split-complementary

#4D389C #9C7F38 #559C38

monochromatic

#211842 #37286F #4D389C #6851C0 #8F7ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4D389C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4D389C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D389C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D389C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D389C	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#315064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d389c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.155 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670ba',
    500: '#4d389c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d389c;
$custom-light: #8670ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d389c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42339,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D389C

secondary

#ACBA76

accent

#D751BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D389C

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

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