#4D138E#4D138E

#4D138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.180 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D138E
RGB	rgb(77, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 49.76, -55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 74.60, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0827 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.18 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1746, 3.9964, 25.9266)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D138E #548E13

analogous

#13168E #4D138E #8B138E

triadic

#4D138E #8E4D13 #138E4D

tetradic

#4D138E #8E1316 #548E13 #138E8B

square

#4D138E #8E1316 #548E13 #138E8B

split-complementary

#4D138E #8E8B13 #168E13

monochromatic

#120522 #300C58 #4D138E #6A1AC4 #8937E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4D138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D138E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D138E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.180 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865bb0',
    500: '#4d138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d138e;
$custom-light: #865bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.293,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36501,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D138E

secondary

#82C23B

accent

#F33599

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D138E

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

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