#4D1A77#4D1A77

#4D1A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.149 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1A77
RGB	rgb(77, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 41.32, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 59.65, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0845 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.149 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7590, 3.6485, 17.7973)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1A77 #44771A

analogous

#1E1A77 #4D1A77 #771A72

triadic

#4D1A77 #774D1A #1A774D

tetradic

#4D1A77 #771E1A #44771A #1A7277

square

#4D1A77 #771E1A #44771A #1A7277

split-complementary

#4D1A77 #72771A #1A771E

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F45 #4D1A77 #6D25A9 #8D38D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4D1A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D1A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1A77

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1A77	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.149 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9f',
    500: '#4d1a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1a77;
$custom-light: #835c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35027,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1A77

secondary

#71AC41

accent

#E7418C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1A77

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

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