#4D1281#4D1281

#4D1281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.167 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1281
RGB	rgb(77, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 46.91, -49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 68.33, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0882 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.167 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2384, 3.5953, 21.0772)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1281 #468112

analogous

#161281 #4D1281 #81127E

triadic

#4D1281 #814D12 #12814D

tetradic

#4D1281 #811612 #468112 #127E81

square

#4D1281 #811612 #468112 #127E81

split-complementary

#4D1281 #7E8112 #128116

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0B4B #4D1281 #6D19B7 #8C2CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4D1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1281

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1281	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.167 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a7',
    500: '#4d1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1281;
$custom-light: #8559a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.892,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35172,
    "c": 0.16717,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1281

secondary

#73B738

accent

#F2368E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1281

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

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