#4D117E#4D117E

#4D117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.165 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D117E
RGB	rgb(77, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 46.52, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 67.16, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.09 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.165 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.0260, 3.4850, 20.0371)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D117E #427E11

analogous

#17117E #4D117E #7E1178

triadic

#4D117E #7E4D11 #117E4D

tetradic

#4D117E #7E1711 #427E11 #11787E

square

#4D117E #7E1711 #427E11 #11787E

split-complementary

#4D117E #787E11 #117E17

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0A48 #4D117E #6E18B4 #8E27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4D117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D117E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D117E	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.165 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a4',
    500: '#4d117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d117e;
$custom-light: #8559a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34812,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D117E

secondary

#6FB437

accent

#F3358A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D117E

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

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