#4D1280#4D1280

#4D1280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.166 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1280
RGB	rgb(77, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 46.67, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 67.82, 313.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0886 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.166 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1722, 3.5689, 20.7289)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1280 #458012

analogous

#161280 #4D1280 #80127C

triadic

#4D1280 #804D12 #12804D

tetradic

#4D1280 #801612 #458012 #127C80

square

#4D1280 #801612 #458012 #127C80

split-complementary

#4D1280 #7C8012 #128016

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0A4A #4D1280 #6D1AB6 #8D2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4D1280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D1280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1280

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1280	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.166 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a6',
    500: '#4d1280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1280;
$custom-light: #8559a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.182,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35078,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1280

secondary

#72B638

accent

#F2368D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1280

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →