#4D1479#4D1479

#4D1479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.157 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1479
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 44.27, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 63.41, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0893 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.157 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7611, 3.4586, 18.3968)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1479 #407914

analogous

#1A1479 #4D1479 #791473

triadic

#4D1479 #794D14 #14794D

tetradic

#4D1479 #791A14 #407914 #147379

square

#4D1479 #791A14 #407914 #147379

split-complementary

#4D1479 #737914 #14791A

monochromatic

#11041A #2C0B44 #4D1479 #6E1DAE #8F2BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4D1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1479

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1479	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.157 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa1',
    500: '#4d1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1479;
$custom-light: #845aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34605,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1479

secondary

#6DAF3A

accent

#EE3988

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1479

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

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