#4D187A#4D187A

#4D187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.154 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D187A
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 42.92, -45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 62.19, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0856 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.154 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8992, 3.6362, 18.7470)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D187A #457A18

analogous

#1C187A #4D187A #7A1876

triadic

#4D187A #7A4D18 #187A4D

tetradic

#4D187A #7A1C18 #457A18 #18767A

square

#4D187A #7A1C18 #457A18 #18767A

split-complementary

#4D187A #767A18 #187A1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E47 #4D187A #6D22AD #8D35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4D187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D187A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D187A	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.154 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca1',
    500: '#4d187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d187a;
$custom-light: #845ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35076,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D187A

secondary

#72AF3F

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D187A

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

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