#4D408D#4D408D

#4D408D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.123 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D408D
RGB	rgb(77, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 54.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 25.97, -41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 48.62, 302.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0375 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.123 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7003, 7.1673, 26.0665)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D408D #808D40

analogous

#40598D #4D408D #73408D

triadic

#4D408D #8D4D40 #408D4D

tetradic

#4D408D #8D4059 #808D40 #408D73

square

#4D408D #8D4059 #808D40 #408D73

split-complementary

#4D408D #8D7340 #598D40

monochromatic

#1F1A39 #362D63 #4D408D #6757B3 #8D81C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4D408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4D408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D408D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D408D	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.123 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8375af',
    500: '#4d408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d408d;
$custom-light: #8375af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.13,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42599,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D408D

secondary

#A7B078

accent

#CE5ABA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D408D

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

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