#4D1872#4D1872

#4D1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.146 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1872
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 40.96, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 57.95, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0876 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.146 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4238, 3.4460, 16.2431)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1872 #3D7218

analogous

#201872 #4D1872 #72186A

triadic

#4D1872 #724D18 #18724D

tetradic

#4D1872 #722018 #3D7218 #186A72

square

#4D1872 #722018 #3D7218 #186A72

split-complementary

#4D1872 #6A7218 #187220

monochromatic

#110519 #2B0D3F #4D1872 #6F23A5 #9131D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4D1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1872

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1872	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.146 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b9b',
    500: '#4d1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1872;
$custom-light: #835b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34385,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1872

secondary

#6AA73E

accent

#E84085

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1872

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

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