#4D137E#4D137E

#4D137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.163 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D137E
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 45.84, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 66.41, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0885 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.163 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0584, 3.5499, 20.0479)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D137E #447E13

analogous

#17137E #4D137E #7E1379

triadic

#4D137E #7E4D13 #137E4D

tetradic

#4D137E #7E1713 #447E13 #13797E

square

#4D137E #7E1713 #447E13 #13797E

split-complementary

#4D137E #797E13 #137E17

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B49 #4D137E #6D1BB3 #8D2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4D137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D137E

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D137E	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.163 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4d137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d137e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34974,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D137E

secondary

#71B439

accent

#F0378C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D137E

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

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