#4D1480#4D1480

#4D1480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.164 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1480
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 45.97, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 67.05, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0871 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.164 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.2061, 3.6366, 20.7402)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1480 #478014

analogous

#171480 #4D1480 #80147D

triadic

#4D1480 #804D14 #14804D

tetradic

#4D1480 #801714 #478014 #147D80

square

#4D1480 #801714 #478014 #147D80

split-complementary

#4D1480 #7D8014 #148017

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4B #4D1480 #6D1CB5 #8C30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4D1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1480

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1480	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.164 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa6',
    500: '#4d1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1480;
$custom-light: #855aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35244,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1480

secondary

#74B53B

accent

#F0388F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1480

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

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