#4D1881#4D1881

#4D1881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.162 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1881
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 44.67, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 65.89, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0836 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.162 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3487, 3.8160, 21.1140)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1881 #4C8118

analogous

#191881 #4D1881 #811880

triadic

#4D1881 #814D18 #18814D

tetradic

#4D1881 #811918 #4C8118 #188081

square

#4D1881 #811918 #4C8118 #188081

split-complementary

#4D1881 #808118 #188119

monochromatic

#0F051A #2E0E4D #4D1881 #6C22B5 #8A39DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4D1881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4D1881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1881

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1881	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.162 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca6',
    500: '#4d1881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1881;
$custom-light: #855ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35705,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1881

secondary

#7AB540

accent

#EB3C93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1881

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

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