#4D188E#4D188E

#4D188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.175 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D188E
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 47.97, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 72.66, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0794 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.175 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2684, 4.1839, 25.9579)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D188E #598E18

analogous

#181E8E #4D188E #88188E

triadic

#4D188E #8E4D18 #188E4D

tetradic

#4D188E #8E181E #598E18 #188E88

square

#4D188E #8E181E #598E18 #188E88

split-complementary

#4D188E #8E8818 #1E8E18

monochromatic

#140625 #310F5A #4D188E #6921C2 #8841DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4D188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D188E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D188E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.175 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865db0',
    500: '#4d188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d188e;
$custom-light: #865db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.949,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36922,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D188E

secondary

#87C042

accent

#EE3A9D

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D188E

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

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