#4D147C#4D147C

#4D147C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.160 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147C
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 44.99, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 64.97, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0884 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.16 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9480, 3.5333, 19.3808)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147C #437C14

analogous

#19147C #4D147C #7C1477

triadic

#4D147C #7C4D14 #147C4D

tetradic

#4D147C #7C1914 #437C14 #14777C

square

#4D147C #7C1914 #437C14 #14777C

split-complementary

#4D147C #777C14 #147C19

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0B47 #4D147C #6E1DB1 #8E2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4D147C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D147C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147C	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.160 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa3',
    500: '#4d147c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147c;
$custom-light: #845aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34876,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147C

secondary

#70B23A

accent

#EF398B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147C

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

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