#4D198B#4D198B

#4D198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.171 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D198B
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 46.81, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 70.68, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0797 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.171 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0672, 4.1370, 24.7946)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D198B #578B19

analogous

#191E8B #4D198B #86198B

triadic

#4D198B #8B4D19 #198B4D

tetradic

#4D198B #8B191E #578B19 #198B86

square

#4D198B #8B191E #578B19 #198B86

split-complementary

#4D198B #8B8619 #1E8B19

monochromatic

#140623 #301057 #4D198B #6A22BF #8841DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4D198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D198B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D198B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.171 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865dae',
    500: '#4d198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d198b;
$custom-light: #865dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3673,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D198B

secondary

#85BE42

accent

#EC3B9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D198B

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

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