#4D137A#4D137A

#4D137A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.159 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D137A
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 44.87, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 64.33, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0898 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.159 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8055, 3.4487, 18.7157)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D137A #407A13

analogous

#19137A #4D137A #7A1374

triadic

#4D137A #7A4D13 #137A4D

tetradic

#4D137A #7A1913 #407A13 #13747A

square

#4D137A #7A1913 #407A13 #13747A

split-complementary

#4D137A #747A13 #137A19

monochromatic

#11041A #2C0B45 #4D137A #6E1BAF #8F2ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4D137A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D137A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D137A

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D137A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D137A	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d137a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.159 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a1',
    500: '#4d137a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d137a;
$custom-light: #8459a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d137a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.786,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34608,
    "c": 0.15925,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D137A

secondary

#6DB039

accent

#F03888

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D137A

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

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