#4D156B#4D156B

#4D156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.142 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D156B
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 40.55, -38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 55.64, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0921 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.142 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9821, 3.1758, 14.2049)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D156B #336B15

analogous

#22156B #4D156B #6B155E

triadic

#4D156B #6B4D15 #156B4D

tetradic

#4D156B #6B2215 #336B15 #155E6B

square

#4D156B #6B2215 #336B15 #155E6B

split-complementary

#4D156B #5E6B15 #156B22

monochromatic

#12051A #280B38 #4D156B #721F9E #9729D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4D156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4D156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D156B

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D156B	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.142 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835996',
    500: '#4d156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d156b;
$custom-light: #835996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3349,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D156B

secondary

#5EA23A

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D156B

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

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