#4D187E#4D187E

#4D187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.159 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D187E
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 43.92, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 64.31, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0845 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.159 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1522, 3.7374, 20.0792)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D187E #497E18

analogous

#1A187E #4D187E #7E187C

triadic

#4D187E #7E4D18 #187E4D

tetradic

#4D187E #7E1A18 #497E18 #187C7E

square

#4D187E #7E1A18 #497E18 #187C7E

split-complementary

#4D187E #7C7E18 #187E1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4B #4D187E #6C22B1 #8B37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4D187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4D187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D187E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D187E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.159 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca4',
    500: '#4d187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d187e;
$custom-light: #845ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35433,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D187E

secondary

#77B23F

accent

#EB3D90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D187E

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