#4D147B#4D147B

#4D147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.159 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147B
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 44.75, -46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 64.45, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0887 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.159 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8850, 3.5082, 19.0495)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147B #427B14

analogous

#19147B #4D147B #7B1475

triadic

#4D147B #7B4D14 #147B4D

tetradic

#4D147B #7B1914 #427B14 #14757B

square

#4D147B #7B1914 #427B14 #14757B

split-complementary

#4D147B #757B14 #147B19

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0B46 #4D147B #6E1DB0 #8E2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4D147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147B

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147B	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.159 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa2',
    500: '#4d147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147b;
$custom-light: #845aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34785,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147B

secondary

#6FB13A

accent

#EF398A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147B

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

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