#4D187C#4D187C

#4D187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.156 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D187C
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 43.42, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 63.25, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0851 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.156 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.0244, 3.6863, 19.4063)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D187C #477C18

analogous

#1B187C #4D187C #7C1879

triadic

#4D187C #7C4D18 #187C4D

tetradic

#4D187C #7C1B18 #477C18 #18797C

square

#4D187C #7C1B18 #477C18 #18797C

split-complementary

#4D187C #797C18 #187C1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E49 #4D187C #6D22AF #8C36D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4D187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D187C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D187C	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.156 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca3',
    500: '#4d187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d187c;
$custom-light: #845ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35254,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D187C

secondary

#74B13F

accent

#EA3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D187C

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

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