#4D0E72#4D0E72

#4D0E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.156 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D0E72
RGB	rgb(77, 14, 114)
HSL	hsl(278, 78%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 88%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 87.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.47, 44.67, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.47, 62.06, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.096 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.156 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2542, 3.1069, 16.1865)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D0E72 #33720E

analogous

#1B0E72 #4D0E72 #720E65

triadic

#4D0E72 #724D0E #0E724D

tetradic

#4D0E72 #721B0E #33720E #0E6572

square

#4D0E72 #721B0E #33720E #0E6572

split-complementary

#4D0E72 #65720E #0E721B

monochromatic

#12031B #28073B #4D0E72 #7215A9 #971BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#4D0E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4D0E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D0E72

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D0E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D0E72	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d0e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 14, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.156 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84579b',
    500: '#4d0e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d0e72;
$custom-light: #84579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d0e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 78.125,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33489,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D0E72

secondary

#5EAA32

accent

#F5337B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D0E72

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

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