#4D1689#4D1689

#4D1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.172 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1689
RGB	rgb(77, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 47.46, -52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 70.90, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0826 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.172 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8617, 3.9576, 24.0118)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1689 #528916

analogous

#161889 #4D1689 #861689

triadic

#4D1689 #894D16 #16894D

tetradic

#4D1689 #891618 #528916 #168986

square

#4D1689 #891618 #528916 #168986

split-complementary

#4D1689 #898616 #188916

monochromatic

#120520 #2F0E54 #4D1689 #6B1EBE #893ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4D1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1689

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1689	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.172 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cac',
    500: '#4d1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1689;
$custom-light: #865cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36265,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1689

secondary

#80BD3E

accent

#EF3998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1689

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

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