#4D1159#4D1159

#4D1159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.129 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1159
RGB	rgb(77, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(290, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 38.14, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 48.12, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.69% 0.099 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(31.69% 0.129 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0640, 2.7002, 9.7037)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1159 #1D5911

analogous

#291159 #4D1159 #591141

triadic

#4D1159 #594D11 #11594D

tetradic

#4D1159 #592911 #1D5911 #114159

square

#4D1159 #592911 #1D5911 #114159

split-complementary

#4D1159 #415911 #115929

monochromatic

#16051A #210726 #4D1159 #791B8C #A625C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#4D1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4D1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1159

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1159	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.129 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825788',
    500: '#4d1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1159;
$custom-light: #825788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31686,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1159

secondary

#449234

accent

#EB3D5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1159

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

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