#4D1572#4D1572

#4D1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.149 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1572
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.32, 42.20, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.32, 59.32, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.08% 0.0904 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(34.08% 0.149 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3653, 3.3291, 16.2236)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1572 #3A7215

analogous

#1F1572 #4D1572 #721569

triadic

#4D1572 #724D15 #15724D

tetradic

#4D1572 #721F15 #3A7215 #156972

square

#4D1572 #721F15 #3A7215 #156972

split-complementary

#4D1572 #697215 #15721F

monochromatic

#11051A #2A0B3E #4D1572 #701FA6 #922AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#4D1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4D1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1572

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1572	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.149 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a9b',
    500: '#4d1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1572;
$custom-light: #835a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.129,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34081,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1572

secondary

#66A83B

accent

#EC3C82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1572

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

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