#4D156E#4D156E

#4D156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.145 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D156E
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 41.25, -39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 57.22, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0914 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.145 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1426, 3.2400, 15.0506)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D156E #366E15

analogous

#20156E #4D156E #6E1562

triadic

#4D156E #6E4D15 #156E4D

tetradic

#4D156E #6E2015 #366E15 #15626E

square

#4D156E #6E2015 #366E15 #15626E

split-complementary

#4D156E #626E15 #156E20

monochromatic

#12051A #290B3B #4D156E #711FA1 #9529D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#4D156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4D156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D156E

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D156E	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.145 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a98',
    500: '#4d156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d156e;
$custom-light: #835a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.753,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33741,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D156E

secondary

#62A43A

accent

#EB3D7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D156E

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

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