#4D197E#4D197E

#4D197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.157 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197E
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 43.50, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 63.85, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0836 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.157 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1732, 3.7794, 20.0862)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197E #4A7E19

analogous

#1B197E #4D197E #7E197D

triadic

#4D197E #7E4D19 #197E4D

tetradic

#4D197E #7E1B19 #4A7E19 #197D7E

square

#4D197E #7E1B19 #4A7E19 #197D7E

split-complementary

#4D197E #7D7E19 #197E1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0F4B #4D197E #6C23B1 #8B3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4D197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4D197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197E	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.157 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca4',
    500: '#4d197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197e;
$custom-light: #845ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35534,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197E

secondary

#78B241

accent

#EA3E91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197E

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