#4D1579#4D1579

#4D1579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.156 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1579
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 43.89, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 62.99, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0885 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.156 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7791, 3.4946, 18.4028)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1579 #417915

analogous

#1B1579 #4D1579 #791573

triadic

#4D1579 #794D15 #15794D

tetradic

#4D1579 #791B15 #417915 #157379

square

#4D1579 #791B15 #417915 #157379

split-complementary

#4D1579 #737915 #15791B

monochromatic

#11051A #2C0C45 #4D1579 #6E1EAD #8F2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#4D1579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D1579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1579

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1579	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.156 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa1',
    500: '#4d1579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1579;
$custom-light: #845aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34696,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1579

secondary

#6EAF3B

accent

#ED3B89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1579

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

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