#4D198E#4D198E

#4D198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.175 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D198E
RGB	rgb(77, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 47.58, -54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 72.24, 311.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0787 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.175 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2894, 4.2259, 25.9649)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D198E #5A8E19

analogous

#191F8E #4D198E #88198E

triadic

#4D198E #8E4D19 #198E4D

tetradic

#4D198E #8E191F #5A8E19 #198E88

square

#4D198E #8E191F #5A8E19 #198E88

split-complementary

#4D198E #8E8819 #1F8E19

monochromatic

#150726 #31105A #4D198E #6922C2 #8843DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4D198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D198E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D198E	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.175 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865db0',
    500: '#4d198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d198e;
$custom-light: #865db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37015,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D198E

secondary

#88BF44

accent

#ED3B9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D198E

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

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