#4D1571#4D1571

#4D1571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.148 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1571
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.23, 41.96, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.23, 58.79, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.0907 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.148 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3087, 3.3065, 15.9254)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1571 #397115

analogous

#1F1571 #4D1571 #711567

triadic

#4D1571 #714D15 #15714D

tetradic

#4D1571 #711F15 #397115 #156771

square

#4D1571 #711F15 #397115 #156771

split-complementary

#4D1571 #677115 #15711F

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3D #4D1571 #701FA5 #9329D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.64

#4D1571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4D1571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1571

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1571	1.00	12.64	1.66	12.64
#FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.148 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a9a',
    500: '#4d1571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1571;
$custom-light: #835a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33996,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1571

secondary

#65A73B

accent

#EB3C81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1571

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

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