#4D1576#4D1576

#4D1576 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.153 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1576
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 118)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 82.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 43.16, -43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 61.42, 314.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0894 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.153 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5980, 3.4222, 17.4490)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1576 #3E7615

analogous

#1C1576 #4D1576 #76156F

triadic

#4D1576 #764D15 #15764D

tetradic

#4D1576 #761C15 #3E7615 #156F76

square

#4D1576 #761C15 #3E7615 #156F76

split-complementary

#4D1576 #6F7615 #15761C

monochromatic

#11051A #2B0C42 #4D1576 #6F1EAA #902CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4D1576 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4D1576 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1576

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1576	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1576	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1576;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.153 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a9e',
    500: '#4d1576',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1576;
$custom-light: #845a9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1576",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.639,
    "s": 69.784,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3443,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1576

secondary

#6BAC3B

accent

#ED3B86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1576

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

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