#4D1381#4D1381

#4D1381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.166 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1381
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 85.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 46.57, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 67.96, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0875 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.166 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2549, 3.6285, 21.0828)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1381 #478113

analogous

#161381 #4D1381 #81137E

triadic

#4D1381 #814D13 #13814D

tetradic

#4D1381 #811613 #478113 #137E81

square

#4D1381 #811613 #478113 #137E81

split-complementary

#4D1381 #7E8113 #138116

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0B4C #4D1381 #6D1BB6 #8C2EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4D1381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1381

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1381	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.166 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa7',
    500: '#4d1381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1381;
$custom-light: #855aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35253,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1381

secondary

#74B63A

accent

#F1378F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1381

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

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