#4D157E#4D157E

#4D157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.161 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D157E
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 45.11, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 65.60, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.087 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.161 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0937, 3.6205, 20.0597)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D157E #467E15

analogous

#19157E #4D157E #7E157B

triadic

#4D157E #7E4D15 #157E4D

tetradic

#4D157E #7E1915 #467E15 #157B7E

square

#4D157E #7E1915 #467E15 #157B7E

split-complementary

#4D157E #7B7E15 #157E19

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4A #4D157E #6D1EB2 #8C31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4D157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D157E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D157E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.161 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4d157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d157e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35148,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D157E

secondary

#73B33C

accent

#EE3A8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D157E

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

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