#4D1A76#4D1A76

#4D1A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.148 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1A76
RGB	rgb(77, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 41.07, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 59.11, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0847 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.148 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.6992, 3.6246, 17.4827)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1A76 #43761A

analogous

#1F1A76 #4D1A76 #761A71

triadic

#4D1A76 #764D1A #1A764D

tetradic

#4D1A76 #761F1A #43761A #1A7176

square

#4D1A76 #761F1A #43761A #1A7176

split-complementary

#4D1A76 #71761A #1A761F

monochromatic

#100619 #2C0F44 #4D1A76 #6E25A8 #8E37D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4D1A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1A76

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1A76	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.148 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9e',
    500: '#4d1a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1a76;
$custom-light: #835c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34941,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1A76

secondary

#70AB41

accent

#E7418B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1A76

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

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