#4D197F#4D197F

#4D197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D197F
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 43.76, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 64.38, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0834 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.159 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2380, 3.8053, 20.4277)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D197F #4B7F19

analogous

#1A197F #4D197F #7F197E

triadic

#4D197F #7F4D19 #197F4D

tetradic

#4D197F #7F1A19 #4B7F19 #197E7F

square

#4D197F #7F1A19 #4B7F19 #197E7F

split-complementary

#4D197F #7E7F19 #197F1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0F4C #4D197F #6C23B2 #8B3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4D197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4D197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D197F

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D197F	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca5',
    500: '#4d197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d197f;
$custom-light: #845ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35624,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D197F

secondary

#79B341

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D197F

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

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