#4D1889#4D1889

#4D1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.170 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1889
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 46.69, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 70.07, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0811 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.17 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9014, 4.0371, 24.0250)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1889 #548918

analogous

#181B89 #4D1889 #861889

triadic

#4D1889 #894D18 #18894D

tetradic

#4D1889 #89181B #548918 #188986

square

#4D1889 #89181B #548918 #188986

split-complementary

#4D1889 #898618 #1B8918

monochromatic

#120621 #300F55 #4D1889 #6A21BD #893EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4D1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4D1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1889

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1889	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.170 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cac',
    500: '#4d1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1889;
$custom-light: #855cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36447,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1889

secondary

#82BD40

accent

#ED3B99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1889

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

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