#4D157F#4D157F

#4D157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.162 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D157F
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 45.35, -48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 66.13, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0867 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.162 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1586, 3.6464, 20.4012)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D157F #477F15

analogous

#18157F #4D157F #7F157C

triadic

#4D157F #7F4D15 #157F4D

tetradic

#4D157F #7F1815 #477F15 #157C7F

square

#4D157F #7F1815 #477F15 #157C7F

split-complementary

#4D157F #7C7F15 #157F18

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4A #4D157F #6D1EB4 #8C31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4D157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D157F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D157F	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.162 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba5',
    500: '#4d157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d157f;
$custom-light: #845ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3524,
    "c": 0.16249,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D157F

secondary

#74B43C

accent

#EE398F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D157F

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

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