#4D1779#4D1779

#4D1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.154 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1779
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 43.09, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 62.12, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0868 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.154 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8174, 3.5711, 18.4156)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1779 #437917

analogous

#1C1779 #4D1779 #791774

triadic

#4D1779 #794D17 #17794D

tetradic

#4D1779 #791C17 #437917 #177479

square

#4D1779 #791C17 #437917 #177479

split-complementary

#4D1779 #747917 #17791C

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D46 #4D1779 #6E21AC #8E32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4D1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1779

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1779	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.154 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba0',
    500: '#4d1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1779;
$custom-light: #845ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34888,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1779

secondary

#70AE3E

accent

#EB3D8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1779

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

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