#4D1971#4D1971

#4D1971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.144 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1971
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 40.28, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 56.93, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0868 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.144 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3882, 3.4654, 15.9519)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1971 #3D7119

analogous

#211971 #4D1971 #711969

triadic

#4D1971 #714D19 #19714D

tetradic

#4D1971 #712119 #3D7119 #196971

square

#4D1971 #712119 #3D7119 #196971

split-complementary

#4D1971 #697119 #197121

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0E3F #4D1971 #6F24A3 #9133D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4D1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4D1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1971

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1971	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.144 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9a',
    500: '#4d1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1971;
$custom-light: #835c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34409,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1971

secondary

#6AA640

accent

#E74185

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1971

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

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