#4D156D#4D156D

#4D156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.144 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D156D
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 41.02, -39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 56.69, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0917 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.144 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0885, 3.2184, 14.7655)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D156D #356D15

analogous

#21156D #4D156D #6D1561

triadic

#4D156D #6D4D15 #156D4D

tetradic

#4D156D #6D2115 #356D15 #15616D

square

#4D156D #6D2115 #356D15 #15616D

split-complementary

#4D156D #616D15 #156D21

monochromatic

#12051A #290B3A #4D156D #711FA0 #9529D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4D156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4D156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D156D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D156D	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.144 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835997',
    500: '#4d156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d156d;
$custom-light: #835997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33657,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D156D

secondary

#61A33A

accent

#EB3D7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D156D

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

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