#4D188F#4D188F

#4D188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.176 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D188F
RGB	rgb(77, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 48.22, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 73.18, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0791 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.176 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3438, 4.2140, 26.3551)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D188F #5A8F18

analogous

#181E8F #4D188F #88188F

triadic

#4D188F #8F4D18 #188F4D

tetradic

#4D188F #8F181E #5A8F18 #188F88

square

#4D188F #8F181E #5A8F18 #188F88

split-complementary

#4D188F #8F8818 #1E8F18

monochromatic

#150626 #310F5B #4D188F #6921C3 #8842DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4D188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D188F

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D188F	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.176 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865db1',
    500: '#4d188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d188f;
$custom-light: #865db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.723,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37019,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D188F

secondary

#88C043

accent

#EE3A9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D188F

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

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