#4D156C#4D156C

#4D156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.143 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D156C
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.82, 40.78, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.82, 56.17, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0919 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.143 310)
XYZ	xyz(6.0350, 3.1970, 14.4836)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D156C #346C15

analogous

#22156C #4D156C #6C155F

triadic

#4D156C #6C4D15 #156C4D

tetradic

#4D156C #6C2215 #346C15 #155F6C

square

#4D156C #6C2215 #346C15 #155F6C

split-complementary

#4D156C #5F6C15 #156C22

monochromatic

#12051A #280B39 #4D156C #721F9F #9629D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4D156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4D156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D156C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D156C	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.143 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835997',
    500: '#4d156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d156c;
$custom-light: #835997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.621,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33573,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.03197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D156C

secondary

#5FA33A

accent

#EA3D7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D156C

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

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