#4D147D#4D147D

#4D147D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.161 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147D
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 45.23, -47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 65.49, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0881 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.161 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0115, 3.5588, 19.7156)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147D #447D14

analogous

#18147D #4D147D #7D1478

triadic

#4D147D #7D4D14 #147D4D

tetradic

#4D147D #7D1814 #447D14 #14787D

square

#4D147D #7D1814 #447D14 #14787D

split-complementary

#4D147D #787D14 #147D18

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C48 #4D147D #6D1CB2 #8D2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4D147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.161 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4d147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147d;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34968,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147D

secondary

#71B23A

accent

#EF398C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147D

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

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