#4D1978#4D1978

#4D1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.151 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1978
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 42.00, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 60.66, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.0852 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.151 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7976, 3.6291, 18.1080)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1978 #447819

analogous

#1D1978 #4D1978 #781973

triadic

#4D1978 #784D19 #19784D

tetradic

#4D1978 #781D19 #447819 #197378

square

#4D1978 #781D19 #447819 #197378

split-complementary

#4D1978 #737819 #19781D

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0E45 #4D1978 #6D24AB #8D36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4D1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1978

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1978	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.151 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca0',
    500: '#4d1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1978;
$custom-light: #835ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35005,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1978

secondary

#71AD40

accent

#E83F8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1978

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

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