#4D148D#4D148D

#4D148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.178 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D148D
RGB	rgb(77, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 49.18, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 73.73, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0825 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.178 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1172, 4.0010, 25.5387)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D148D #548D14

analogous

#14188D #4D148D #8A148D

triadic

#4D148D #8D4D14 #148D4D

tetradic

#4D148D #8D1418 #548D14 #148D8A

square

#4D148D #8D1418 #548D14 #148D8A

split-complementary

#4D148D #8D8A14 #188D14

monochromatic

#120522 #300C57 #4D148D #6A1CC3 #8939E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4D148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D148D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D148D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.178 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865baf',
    500: '#4d148d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d148d;
$custom-light: #865baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.264,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36482,
    "c": 0.17773,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D148D

secondary

#82C13C

accent

#F23699

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D148D

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

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