#4D147E#4D147E

#4D147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.162 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147E
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 45.48, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 66.01, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0878 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.162 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0757, 3.5844, 20.0537)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147E #457E14

analogous

#18147E #4D147E #7E147A

triadic

#4D147E #7E4D14 #147E4D

tetradic

#4D147E #7E1814 #457E14 #147A7E

square

#4D147E #7E1814 #457E14 #147A7E

split-complementary

#4D147E #7A7E14 #147E18

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C49 #4D147E #6D1CB3 #8D2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4D147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147E	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.162 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4d147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35059,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147E

secondary

#72B33A

accent

#EF388D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147E

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

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