#4D147F#4D147F

#4D147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.163 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D147F
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 45.72, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 66.53, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.0874 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.163 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1406, 3.6104, 20.3952)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D147F #467F14

analogous

#18147F #4D147F #7F147C

triadic

#4D147F #7F4D14 #147F4D

tetradic

#4D147F #7F1814 #467F14 #147C7F

square

#4D147F #7F1814 #467F14 #147C7F

split-complementary

#4D147F #7C7F14 #147F18

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4A #4D147F #6D1CB4 #8C2FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4D147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D147F

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D147F	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.163 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa5',
    500: '#4d147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d147f;
$custom-light: #855aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35152,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D147F

secondary

#73B43B

accent

#EF388E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D147F

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

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