#4D1A86#4D1A86

#4D1A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.165 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1A86
RGB	rgb(77, 26, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 45.11, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 67.61, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0805 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.165 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7319, 4.0377, 22.9216)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1A86 #53861A

analogous

#1A1D86 #4D1A86 #831A86

triadic

#4D1A86 #864D1A #1A864D

tetradic

#4D1A86 #861A1D #53861A #1A8683

square

#4D1A86 #861A1D #53861A #1A8683

split-complementary

#4D1A86 #86831A #1D861A

monochromatic

#12061F #301053 #4D1A86 #6A24B9 #8940DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4D1A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4D1A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1A86

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1A86	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 26, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.165 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855daa',
    500: '#4d1a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1a86;
$custom-light: #855daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36363,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1A86

secondary

#81B942

accent

#EA3D99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1A86

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

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