#4D398D#4D398D

#4D398D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.133 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D398D
RGB	rgb(77, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(254, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 30.37, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 53.36, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0463 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.133 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3301, 6.4268, 25.9430)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D398D #798D39

analogous

#394F8D #4D398D #77398D

triadic

#4D398D #8D4D39 #398D4D

tetradic

#4D398D #8D394F #798D39 #398D77

square

#4D398D #8D394F #798D39 #398D77

split-complementary

#4D398D #8D7739 #4F8D39

monochromatic

#1D1636 #352761 #4D398D #664CB7 #8B78C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4D398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4D398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D398D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D398D	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06468B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.133 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470af',
    500: '#4d398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d398d;
$custom-light: #8470af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41327,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D398D

secondary

#A2B270

accent

#D256B5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D398D

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

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