#4D1580#4D1580

#4D1580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.164 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1580
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.56, 45.60, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.56, 66.65, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.0864 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.164 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2241, 3.6726, 20.7462)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1580 #488015

analogous

#181580 #4D1580 #80157E

triadic

#4D1580 #804D15 #15804D

tetradic

#4D1580 #801815 #488015 #157E80

square

#4D1580 #801815 #488015 #157E80

split-complementary

#4D1580 #7E8015 #158018

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4B #4D1580 #6D1EB5 #8C32DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4D1580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1580

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1580	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.164 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba6',
    500: '#4d1580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1580;
$custom-light: #855ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35332,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1580

secondary

#76B53C

accent

#EF3990

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1580

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

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