#4D137B#4D137B

#4D137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.160 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D137B
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.85, 45.11, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.85, 64.85, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0895 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.16 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8678, 3.4736, 19.0437)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D137B #417B13

analogous

#19137B #4D137B #7B1375

triadic

#4D137B #7B4D13 #137B4D

tetradic

#4D137B #7B1913 #417B13 #13757B

square

#4D137B #7B1913 #417B13 #13757B

split-complementary

#4D137B #757B13 #137B19

monochromatic

#11041B #2C0B46 #4D137B #6E1BB0 #8F2ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4D137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D137B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D137B	1.00	12.39	1.69	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.160 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a2',
    500: '#4d137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d137b;
$custom-light: #8459a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34698,
    "c": 0.16026,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D137B

secondary

#6EB139

accent

#F03889

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D137B

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

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