#4D1578#4D1578

#4D1578 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.155 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1578
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 120)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 82.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 43.64, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 62.47, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0888 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.155 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7181, 3.4702, 18.0816)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1578 #407815

analogous

#1B1578 #4D1578 #781572

triadic

#4D1578 #784D15 #15784D

tetradic

#4D1578 #781B15 #407815 #157278

square

#4D1578 #781B15 #407815 #157278

split-complementary

#4D1578 #727815 #15781B

monochromatic

#11051A #2C0C44 #4D1578 #6E1EAC #8F2DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4D1578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D1578 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1578

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1578	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.155 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa0',
    500: '#4d1578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1578;
$custom-light: #845aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34607,
    "c": 0.15529,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1578

secondary

#6DAE3B

accent

#ED3B88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1578

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

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