#4D187F#4D187F

#4D187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.160 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D187F
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 44.17, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 64.83, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0842 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.16 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2170, 3.7633, 20.4207)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D187F #4A7F18

analogous

#1A187F #4D187F #7F187E

triadic

#4D187F #7F4D18 #187F4D

tetradic

#4D187F #7F1A18 #4A7F18 #187E7F

square

#4D187F #7F1A18 #4A7F18 #187E7F

split-complementary

#4D187F #7E7F18 #187F1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4C #4D187F #6C22B2 #8B38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4D187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4D187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D187F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D187F	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.160 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca5',
    500: '#4d187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d187f;
$custom-light: #845ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35523,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D187F

secondary

#78B33F

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D187F

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

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