#4D38AE#4D38AE

#4D38AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.178 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38AE
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 41.12, -60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 72.77, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.0445 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.178 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1124, 7.4614, 40.8381)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38AE #99AE38

analogous

#385EAE #4D38AE #8838AE

triadic

#4D38AE #AE4D38 #38AE4D

tetradic

#4D38AE #AE385E #99AE38 #38AE88

square

#4D38AE #AE385E #99AE38 #38AE88

split-complementary

#4D38AE #AE8838 #5EAE38

monochromatic

#241A51 #392980 #4D38AE #6D59CA #9688D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4D38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4D38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38AE

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38AE	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20566E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.178 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c7',
    500: '#4d38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38ae;
$custom-light: #8970c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.678,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43865,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38AE

secondary

#B7C37F

accent

#DB4DC2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38AE

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

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