#4D187D#4D187D

#4D187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.157 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D187D
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 43.67, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 63.78, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0848 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.157 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0880, 3.7117, 19.7411)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D187D #487D18

analogous

#1B187D #4D187D #7D187B

triadic

#4D187D #7D4D18 #187D4D

tetradic

#4D187D #7D1B18 #487D18 #187B7D

square

#4D187D #7D1B18 #487D18 #187B7D

split-complementary

#4D187D #7B7D18 #187D1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E4A #4D187D #6D22B0 #8C37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4D187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D187D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D187D	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.157 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca3',
    500: '#4d187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d187d;
$custom-light: #845ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35343,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D187D

secondary

#76B23F

accent

#EB3D90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D187D

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

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