#4D389E#4D389E

#4D389E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.158 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D389E
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 36.19, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 63.81, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0465 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.158 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6445, 6.8742, 33.1071)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#4D389E #899E38

analogous

#38569E #4D389E #80389E

triadic

#4D389E #9E4D38 #389E4D

tetradic

#4D389E #9E3856 #899E38 #389E80

square

#4D389E #9E3856 #899E38 #389E80

split-complementary

#4D389E #9E8038 #569E38

monochromatic

#211844 #372871 #4D389E #6952C2 #907FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4D389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4D389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D389E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D389E	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00479C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.158 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670bb',
    500: '#4d389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d389e;
$custom-light: #8670bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42503,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D389E

secondary

#ADBB77

accent

#D751BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D389E

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

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