#4D158D#4D158D

#4D158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.177 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D158D
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 48.83, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 73.35, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0818 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.177 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1352, 4.0370, 25.5447)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D158D #558D15

analogous

#15198D #4D158D #89158D

triadic

#4D158D #8D4D15 #158D4D

tetradic

#4D158D #8D1519 #558D15 #158D89

square

#4D158D #8D1519 #558D15 #158D89

split-complementary

#4D158D #8D8915 #198D15

monochromatic

#130522 #300D58 #4D158D #6A1DC2 #893BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4D158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4D158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D158D

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D158D	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.177 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865baf',
    500: '#4d158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d158d;
$custom-light: #865baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36564,
    "c": 0.17693,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D158D

secondary

#83C13D

accent

#F1379A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D158D

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

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