#4D137C#4D137C

#4D137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.161 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D137C
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, 45.35, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 65.37, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0892 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.161 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9307, 3.4988, 19.3751)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D137C #427C13

analogous

#18137C #4D137C #7C1376

triadic

#4D137C #7C4D13 #137C4D

tetradic

#4D137C #7C1813 #427C13 #13767C

square

#4D137C #7C1813 #427C13 #13767C

split-complementary

#4D137C #767C13 #137C18

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B47 #4D137C #6E1BB1 #8E2BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4D137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D137C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D137C	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.161 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa3',
    500: '#4d137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d137c;
$custom-light: #845aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.143,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3479,
    "c": 0.16127,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D137C

secondary

#6FB239

accent

#F0388A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D137C

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

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