#4D156F#4D156F

#4D156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.146 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D156F
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 41.49, -40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 57.74, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0912 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.146 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1974, 3.2619, 15.3390)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D156F #376F15

analogous

#20156F #4D156F #6F1564

triadic

#4D156F #6F4D15 #156F4D

tetradic

#4D156F #6F2015 #376F15 #15646F

square

#4D156F #6F2015 #376F15 #15646F

split-complementary

#4D156F #646F15 #156F20

monochromatic

#12051A #290B3C #4D156F #711FA2 #9428D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4D156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4D156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D156F

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D156F	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.146 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a99',
    500: '#4d156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d156f;
$custom-light: #835a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33825,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D156F

secondary

#63A53A

accent

#EB3D7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D156F

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

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