#4D1481#4D1481

#4D1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.165 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1481
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 46.21, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 67.57, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0868 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.165 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2722, 3.6630, 21.0885)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1481 #488114

analogous

#171481 #4D1481 #81147F

triadic

#4D1481 #814D14 #14814D

tetradic

#4D1481 #811714 #488114 #147F81

square

#4D1481 #811714 #488114 #147F81

split-complementary

#4D1481 #7F8114 #148117

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4C #4D1481 #6D1CB6 #8C30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4D1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1481

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1481	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.165 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa6',
    500: '#4d1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1481;
$custom-light: #855aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.376,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35337,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1481

secondary

#76B63B

accent

#F03890

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1481

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

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