#4D397E#4D397E

#4D397E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.112 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D397E
RGB	rgb(77, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 25.87, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 44.50, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.046 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.112 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2886, 6.0102, 20.4580)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D397E #6A7E39

analogous

#39477E #4D397E #6F397E

triadic

#4D397E #7E4D39 #397E4D

tetradic

#4D397E #7E3947 #6A7E39 #397E6F

square

#4D397E #7E3947 #6A7E39 #397E6F

split-complementary

#4D397E #7E6F39 #477E39

monochromatic

#19132A #332654 #4D397E #674CA8 #8872BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4D397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4D397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D397E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D397E	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21447C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.112 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270a4',
    500: '#4d397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d397e;
$custom-light: #8270a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40239,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D397E

secondary

#96A86A

accent

#CE5AAC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D397E

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

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