#4D3B97#4D3B97

#4D3B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3B97
RGB	rgb(77, 59, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 60.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 32.20, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 57.85, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.0436 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.144 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2088, 6.9396, 30.0737)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.03

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3B97 #85973B

analogous

#3B5797 #4D3B97 #7B3B97

triadic

#4D3B97 #974D3B #3B974D

tetradic

#4D3B97 #973B57 #85973B #3B977B

square

#4D3B97 #973B57 #85973B #3B977B

split-complementary

#4D3B97 #977B3B #57973B

monochromatic

#20193F #372A6B #4D3B97 #6853BC #8F7FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4D3B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4D3B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3B97

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3B97	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 59, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b6',
    500: '#4d3b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3b97;
$custom-light: #8572b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42443,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3B97

secondary

#AAB777

accent

#D454BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3B97

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

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