#4D38AD#4D38AD

#4D38AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.177 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38AD
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 40.81, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 72.21, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.0446 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.177 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0153, 7.4226, 40.3266)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.89

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38AD #98AD38

analogous

#385EAD #4D38AD #8738AD

triadic

#4D38AD #AD4D38 #38AD4D

tetradic

#4D38AD #AD385E #98AD38 #38AD87

square

#4D38AD #AD385E #98AD38 #38AD87

split-complementary

#4D38AD #AD8738 #5EAD38

monochromatic

#241A51 #38297F #4D38AD #6D59C9 #9687D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4D38AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4D38AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38AD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38AD	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.177 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870c6',
    500: '#4d38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38ad;
$custom-light: #8870c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43777,
    "c": 0.17698,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38AD

secondary

#B6C27F

accent

#DB4DC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38AD

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

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