#4D1789#4D1789

#4D1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.171 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1789
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 47.08, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 70.49, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0819 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.171 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8812, 3.9966, 24.0183)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1789 #538917

analogous

#171A89 #4D1789 #861789

triadic

#4D1789 #894D17 #17894D

tetradic

#4D1789 #89171A #538917 #178986

square

#4D1789 #89171A #538917 #178986

split-complementary

#4D1789 #898617 #1A8917

monochromatic

#120520 #300E55 #4D1789 #6A20BD #893CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4D1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1789

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1789	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.171 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cac',
    500: '#4d1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1789;
$custom-light: #865cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36354,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1789

secondary

#81BD3F

accent

#EE3A99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1789

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

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