#4D1A8E#4D1A8E

#4D1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.174 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1A8E
RGB	rgb(77, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 47.17, -54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 71.80, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0779 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.174 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3112, 4.2694, 25.9721)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1A8E #5B8E1A

analogous

#1A218E #4D1A8E #871A8E

triadic

#4D1A8E #8E4D1A #1A8E4D

tetradic

#4D1A8E #8E1A21 #5B8E1A #1A8E87

square

#4D1A8E #8E1A21 #5B8E1A #1A8E87

split-complementary

#4D1A8E #8E871A #218E1A

monochromatic

#150727 #31115A #4D1A8E #6923C2 #8845DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4D1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1A8E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1A8E	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.174 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eb0',
    500: '#4d1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1a8e;
$custom-light: #865eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37111,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1A8E

secondary

#89BE45

accent

#EC3C9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1A8E

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

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