#4D197A#4D197A

#4D197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.153 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197A
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 42.50, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 61.73, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0847 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.153 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9202, 3.6782, 18.7540)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197A #467A19

analogous

#1D197A #4D197A #7A1977

triadic

#4D197A #7A4D19 #197A4D

tetradic

#4D197A #7A1D19 #467A19 #19777A

square

#4D197A #7A1D19 #467A19 #19777A

split-complementary

#4D197A #777A19 #197A1D

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F47 #4D197A #6D23AD #8C37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4D197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197A	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.153 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca1',
    500: '#4d197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197a;
$custom-light: #845ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3518,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197A

secondary

#73AF40

accent

#E93F8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197A

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

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