#4D1257#4D1257

#4D1257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.126 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1257
RGB	rgb(77, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.79, 37.33, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.79, 46.67, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% 0.0982 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.126 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9970, 2.6988, 9.2727)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1257 #1C5712

analogous

#2A1257 #4D1257 #57123E

triadic

#4D1257 #574D12 #12574D

tetradic

#4D1257 #572A12 #1C5712 #123E57

square

#4D1257 #572A12 #1C5712 #123E57

split-complementary

#4D1257 #3E5712 #12572A

monochromatic

#160519 #200824 #4D1257 #7A1C8A #A727BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#4D1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4D1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1257

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1257	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)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.126 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825787',
    500: '#4d1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1257;
$custom-light: #825787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31636,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1257

secondary

#429035

accent

#E93F58

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1257

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

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