#4D147A#4D147A

#4D147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.158 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147A
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 44.51, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 63.93, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.089 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.158 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8228, 3.4833, 18.7215)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147A #417A14

analogous

#1A147A #4D147A #7A1474

triadic

#4D147A #7A4D14 #147A4D

tetradic

#4D147A #7A1A14 #417A14 #14747A

square

#4D147A #7A1A14 #417A14 #14747A

split-complementary

#4D147A #747A14 #147A1A

monochromatic

#11041A #2C0B45 #4D147A #6E1DAF #8F2CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4D147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147A

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147A	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.158 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa1',
    500: '#4d147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147a;
$custom-light: #845aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34695,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147A

secondary

#6EB03A

accent

#EF3989

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147A

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

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