#4D3C97#4D3C97

#4D3C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.143 H 287.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3C97
RGB	rgb(77, 60, 151)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 60.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 31.59, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 57.19, 303.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.0425 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.143 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2607, 7.0434, 30.0910)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3C97 #86973C

analogous

#3C5997 #4D3C97 #7B3C97

triadic

#4D3C97 #974D3C #3C974D

tetradic

#4D3C97 #973C59 #86973C #3C977B

square

#4D3C97 #973C59 #86973C #3C977B

split-complementary

#4D3C97 #977B3C #59973C

monochromatic

#20193F #372B6B #4D3C97 #6855BB #8F81CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4D3C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4D3C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3C97

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3C97	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 60, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.143 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b6',
    500: '#4d3c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3c97;
$custom-light: #8572b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.209,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42617,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3C97

secondary

#ABB778

accent

#D355BB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3C97

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

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