#4D1A79#4D1A79

#4D1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.151 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1A79
RGB	rgb(77, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 41.82, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 60.71, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.084 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.151 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8804, 3.6971, 18.4366)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1A79 #46791A

analogous

#1E1A79 #4D1A79 #791A76

triadic

#4D1A79 #794D1A #1A794D

tetradic

#4D1A79 #791E1A #46791A #1A7679

square

#4D1A79 #791E1A #46791A #1A7679

split-complementary

#4D1A79 #76791A #1A791E

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F47 #4D1A79 #6D25AB #8C39D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4D1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1A79

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1A79	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.151 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca0',
    500: '#4d1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1a79;
$custom-light: #845ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35199,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1A79

secondary

#73AD41

accent

#E8408E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1A79

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

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