#4D1788#4D1788

#4D1788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.170 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1788
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 136)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 83.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 46.83, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 69.98, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0822 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.17 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8098, 3.9680, 23.6422)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1788 #528817

analogous

#171988 #4D1788 #851788

triadic

#4D1788 #884D17 #17884D

tetradic

#4D1788 #881719 #528817 #178885

square

#4D1788 #881719 #528817 #178885

split-complementary

#4D1788 #888517 #198817

monochromatic

#12051F #2F0E54 #4D1788 #6B20BC #893BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4D1788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D1788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1788

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1788	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.170 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cac',
    500: '#4d1788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1788;
$custom-light: #855cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3626,
    "c": 0.17001,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1788

secondary

#80BC3F

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1788

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

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