#4D197D#4D197D

#4D197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.156 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197D
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 43.25, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 63.32, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0839 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.156 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1090, 3.7537, 19.7481)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197D #497D19

analogous

#1B197D #4D197D #7D197B

triadic

#4D197D #7D4D19 #197D4D

tetradic

#4D197D #7D1B19 #497D19 #197B7D

square

#4D197D #7D1B19 #497D19 #197B7D

split-complementary

#4D197D #7B7D19 #197D1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0F4A #4D197D #6C23B0 #8B39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4D197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4D197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197D

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197D	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.156 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca3',
    500: '#4d197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197d;
$custom-light: #845ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35445,
    "c": 0.15639,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197D

secondary

#77B140

accent

#EA3E90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197D

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

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