#4D399D#4D399D

#4D399D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.155 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D399D
RGB	rgb(77, 57, 157)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 63.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 35.28, -51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 62.60, 304.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.0455 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.155 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6077, 6.9379, 32.6720)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D399D #899D39

analogous

#39579D #4D399D #7F399D

triadic

#4D399D #9D4D39 #399D4D

tetradic

#4D399D #9D3957 #899D39 #399D7F

square

#4D399D #9D3957 #899D39 #399D7F

split-complementary

#4D399D #9D7F39 #579D39

monochromatic

#211843 #372970 #4D399D #6953C0 #9080D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4D399D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4D399D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D399D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D399D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D399D	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d399d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 57, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.155 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670bb',
    500: '#4d399d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d399d;
$custom-light: #8670bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d399d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D399D

secondary

#ADBA78

accent

#D651BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D399D

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

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