#4D427D#4D427D

#4D427D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.096 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D427D
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 125)
HSL	hsl(251, 31%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 47%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 47.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.70, 19.80, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.70, 37.61, 301.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0332 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.096 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7095, 6.9546, 20.2816)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D427D #727D42

analogous

#42557D #4D427D #6A427D

triadic

#4D427D #7D4D42 #427D4D

tetradic

#4D427D #7D4255 #727D42 #427D6A

square

#4D427D #7D4255 #727D42 #427D6A

split-complementary

#4D427D #7D6A42 #557D42

monochromatic

#1C182D #342D55 #4D427D #6657A5 #8A7EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4D427D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4D427D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D427D

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D427D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D427D	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D4C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d427d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.096 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8176a3',
    500: '#4d427d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d427d;
$custom-light: #8176a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d427d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 30.89,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41915,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D427D

secondary

#9DA675

accent

#C761B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF4

border

#CAC8CE

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D427D

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

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