#4D197C#4D197C

#4D197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.155 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197C
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 43.00, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 62.79, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.0842 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.155 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0454, 3.7283, 19.4133)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197C #487C19

analogous

#1C197C #4D197C #7C197A

triadic

#4D197C #7C4D19 #197C4D

tetradic

#4D197C #7C1C19 #487C19 #197A7C

square

#4D197C #7C1C19 #487C19 #197A7C

split-complementary

#4D197C #7A7C19 #197C1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F49 #4D197C #6D23AF #8C38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4D197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4D197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197C

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197C	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.155 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca3',
    500: '#4d197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197c;
$custom-light: #845ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.515,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35356,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197C

secondary

#76B040

accent

#E93E90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197C

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

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