#4D3E8A#4D3E8A

#4D3E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.122 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D3E8A
RGB	rgb(77, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 26.31, -40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 48.21, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0399 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.122 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3694, 6.8577, 24.8698)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D3E8A #7B8A3E

analogous

#3E558A #4D3E8A #733E8A

triadic

#4D3E8A #8A4D3E #3E8A4D

tetradic

#4D3E8A #8A3E55 #7B8A3E #3E8A73

square

#4D3E8A #8A3E55 #7B8A3E #3E8A73

split-complementary

#4D3E8A #8A733E #558A3E

monochromatic

#1E1836 #352B60 #4D3E8A #6653B2 #8C7EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4D3E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4D3E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D3E8A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D3E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D3E8A	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#194C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d3e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.122 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8373ad',
    500: '#4d3e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d3e8a;
$custom-light: #8373ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d3e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.842,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42011,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D3E8A

secondary

#A3AF75

accent

#CE5AB7

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D3E8A

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

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