#4D197B#4D197B

#4D197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.154 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197B
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 42.75, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 62.26, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0845 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.154 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9825, 3.7031, 19.0820)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197B #477B19

analogous

#1C197B #4D197B #7B1978

triadic

#4D197B #7B4D19 #197B4D

tetradic

#4D197B #7B1C19 #477B19 #19787B

square

#4D197B #7B1C19 #477B19 #19787B

split-complementary

#4D197B #787B19 #197B1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F48 #4D197B #6D23AE #8C38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4D197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197B	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.154 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca2',
    500: '#4d197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197b;
$custom-light: #845ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35268,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197B

secondary

#74AF40

accent

#E93F8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197B

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

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