#4D3C98#4D3C98

#4D3C98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.144 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3C98
RGB	rgb(77, 60, 152)
HSL	hsl(251, 43%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 31.90, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 57.77, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.0424 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.144 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3423, 7.0760, 30.5205)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3C98 #87983C

analogous

#3C5998 #4D3C98 #7B3C98

triadic

#4D3C98 #984D3C #3C984D

tetradic

#4D3C98 #983C59 #87983C #3C987B

square

#4D3C98 #983C59 #87983C #3C987B

split-complementary

#4D3C98 #987B3C #59983C

monochromatic

#211940 #372B6C #4D3C98 #6855BC #8F81CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#4D3C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4D3C98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3C98

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3C98	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#335164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 60, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.144 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8572b7',
    500: '#4d3c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3c98;
$custom-light: #8572b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.087,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42694,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3C98

secondary

#ACB779

accent

#D355BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3C98

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

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