#4D137F#4D137F

#4D137F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.164 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D137F
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 85%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 46.08, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 66.92, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0882 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.164 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1233, 3.5758, 20.3895)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D137F #457F13

analogous

#17137F #4D137F #7F137B

triadic

#4D137F #7F4D13 #137F4D

tetradic

#4D137F #7F1713 #457F13 #137B7F

square

#4D137F #7F1713 #457F13 #137B7F

split-complementary

#4D137F #7B7F13 #137F17

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0B4A #4D137F #6D1BB4 #8D2DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4D137F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D137F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D137F

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D137F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D137F	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d137f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.164 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa5',
    500: '#4d137f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d137f;
$custom-light: #855aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d137f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35067,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D137F

secondary

#72B439

accent

#F1378D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D137F

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

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