#4D38AA#4D38AA

#4D38AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.173 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38AA
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 39.88, -58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 70.55, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.0451 -0.1672)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.173 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7283, 7.3078, 38.8150)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38AA #95AA38

analogous

#385CAA #4D38AA #8638AA

triadic

#4D38AA #AA4D38 #38AA4D

tetradic

#4D38AA #AA385C #95AA38 #38AA86

square

#4D38AA #AA385C #95AA38 #38AA86

split-complementary

#4D38AA #AA8638 #5CAA38

monochromatic

#231A4E #38297C #4D38AA #6C57C8 #9485D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#4D38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4D38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38AA

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38AA	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.173 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870c4',
    500: '#4d38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38aa;
$custom-light: #8870c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43517,
    "c": 0.17317,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38AA

secondary

#B4C17D

accent

#DA4EC0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38AA

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

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