#4D1786#4D1786

#4D1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.168 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1786
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 46.33, -51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 68.94, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0829 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.168 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6689, 3.9117, 22.9006)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1786 #508617

analogous

#171886 #4D1786 #841786

triadic

#4D1786 #864D17 #17864D

tetradic

#4D1786 #861718 #508617 #178684

square

#4D1786 #861718 #508617 #178684

split-complementary

#4D1786 #868417 #188617

monochromatic

#11051E #2F0E52 #4D1786 #6B20BA #893ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4D1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1786

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1786	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.168 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855caa',
    500: '#4d1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1786;
$custom-light: #855caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36072,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1786

secondary

#7EBA3F

accent

#ED3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1786

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

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