#4D158F#4D158F

#4D158F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.179 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D158F
RGB	rgb(77, 21, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 85.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 49.33, -55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 74.37, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0811 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.179 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2853, 4.0971, 26.3356)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D158F #578F15

analogous

#151A8F #4D158F #8A158F

triadic

#4D158F #8F4D15 #158F4D

tetradic

#4D158F #8F151A #578F15 #158F8A

square

#4D158F #8F151A #578F15 #158F8A

split-complementary

#4D158F #8F8A15 #1A8F15

monochromatic

#140524 #300D5A #4D158F #6A1DC4 #883CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4D158F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D158F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D158F

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D158F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D158F	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d158f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 21, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.179 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb1',
    500: '#4d158f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d158f;
$custom-light: #865cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d158f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36759,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D158F

secondary

#85C23E

accent

#F1379C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D158F

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

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