#4D1979#4D1979

#4D1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.152 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1979
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 42.25, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 61.20, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.085 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.152 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.8586, 3.6535, 18.4293)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1979 #457919

analogous

#1D1979 #4D1979 #791975

triadic

#4D1979 #794D19 #19794D

tetradic

#4D1979 #791D19 #457919 #197579

square

#4D1979 #791D19 #457919 #197579

split-complementary

#4D1979 #757919 #19791D

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F46 #4D1979 #6D23AC #8D37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4D1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1979

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1979	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.152 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca0',
    500: '#4d1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1979;
$custom-light: #845ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35092,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1979

secondary

#72AE40

accent

#E93F8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1979

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

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