#4D198D#4D198D

#4D198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.173 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D198D
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 47.32, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 71.72, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.079 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.173 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2146, 4.1960, 25.5712)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D198D #598D19

analogous

#191F8D #4D198D #87198D

triadic

#4D198D #8D4D19 #198D4D

tetradic

#4D198D #8D191F #598D19 #198D87

square

#4D198D #8D191F #598D19 #198D87

split-complementary

#4D198D #8D8719 #1F8D19

monochromatic

#140725 #311059 #4D198D #6922C1 #8843DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4D198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D198D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D198D	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.173 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865daf',
    500: '#4d198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d198d;
$custom-light: #865daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3692,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D198D

secondary

#87BF43

accent

#ED3B9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D198D

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

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