#4D38B2#4D38B2

#4D38B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.183 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D38B2
RGB	rgb(77, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(250, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 42.35, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 74.97, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.0439 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.183 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5082, 7.6197, 42.9225)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D38B2 #9DB238

analogous

#3860B2 #4D38B2 #8A38B2

triadic

#4D38B2 #B24D38 #38B24D

tetradic

#4D38B2 #B23860 #9DB238 #38B28A

square

#4D38B2 #B23860 #9DB238 #38B28A

split-complementary

#4D38B2 #B28A38 #60B238

monochromatic

#251B55 #392983 #4D38B2 #6F5CCC #988ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4D38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4D38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D38B2

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D38B2	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A5870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.183 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970ca',
    500: '#4d38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d38b2;
$custom-light: #8970ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.328,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44217,
    "c": 0.18328,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D38B2

secondary

#B9C581

accent

#DC4CC3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D38B2

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

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