#4D157A#4D157A

#4D157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.157 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D157A
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 44.13, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 63.52, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0882 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.157 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8408, 3.5193, 18.7275)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D157A #427A15

analogous

#1A157A #4D157A #7A1574

triadic

#4D157A #7A4D15 #157A4D

tetradic

#4D157A #7A1A15 #427A15 #15747A

square

#4D157A #7A1A15 #427A15 #15747A

split-complementary

#4D157A #747A15 #157A1A

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C46 #4D157A #6E1EAE #8E2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4D157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D157A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D157A	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.157 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa1',
    500: '#4d157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d157a;
$custom-light: #845aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.267,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34786,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D157A

secondary

#6FAF3B

accent

#ED3A8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D157A

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