#4D1172#4D1172

#4D1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.153 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1172
RGB	rgb(77, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 43.69, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 60.97, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0938 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.153 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2976, 3.1937, 16.2010)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1172 #367211

analogous

#1C1172 #4D1172 #721166

triadic

#4D1172 #724D11 #11724D

tetradic

#4D1172 #721C11 #367211 #116672

square

#4D1172 #721C11 #367211 #116672

split-complementary

#4D1172 #667211 #11721C

monochromatic

#12041B #29093D #4D1172 #7119A7 #9521DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4D1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4D1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1172

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1172	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.153 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83589b',
    500: '#4d1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1172;
$custom-light: #83589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.113,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33723,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1172

secondary

#62A936

accent

#F1377E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1172

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

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