#4D1581#4D1581

#4D1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.165 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1581
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 45.84, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 67.17, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.086 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.165 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2902, 3.6990, 21.0945)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1581 #498115

analogous

#171581 #4D1581 #81157F

triadic

#4D1581 #814D15 #15814D

tetradic

#4D1581 #811715 #498115 #157F81

square

#4D1581 #811715 #498115 #157F81

split-complementary

#4D1581 #7F8115 #158117

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4C #4D1581 #6C1EB6 #8B33DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4D1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1581

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1581	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.165 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba6',
    500: '#4d1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1581;
$custom-light: #855ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35424,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1581

secondary

#77B63C

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1581

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

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