#4D437C#4D437C

#4D437C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.093 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D437C
RGB	rgb(77, 67, 124)
HSL	hsl(251, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 46%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 46%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, 18.85, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 36.30, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.0316 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.093 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7048, 7.0471, 19.9665)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D437C #727C43

analogous

#43567C #4D437C #69437C

triadic

#4D437C #7C4D43 #437C4D

tetradic

#4D437C #7C4356 #727C43 #437C69

square

#4D437C #7C4356 #727C43 #437C69

split-complementary

#4D437C #7C6943 #567C43

monochromatic

#1C182D #342E54 #4D437C #6658A4 #8A7FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4D437C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4D437C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D437C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D437C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D437C	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)

#304C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#304A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d437c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 67, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.093 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8177a2',
    500: '#4d437c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d437c;
$custom-light: #8177a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d437c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42055,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D437C

secondary

#9DA576

accent

#C662B4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEDF3

border

#CAC8CD

text

#0A080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D437C

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

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