#4D1B71#4D1B71

#4D1B71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.141 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B71
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 39.37, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 55.92, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.0848 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.141 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4325, 3.5540, 15.9667)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B71 #3F711B

analogous

#221B71 #4D1B71 #711B6A

triadic

#4D1B71 #714D1B #1B714D

tetradic

#4D1B71 #71221B #3F711B #1B6A71

square

#4D1B71 #71221B #3F711B #1B6A71

split-complementary

#4D1B71 #6A711B #1B7122

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0F40 #4D1B71 #6F27A2 #9037CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4D1B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4D1B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B71

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B71	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.141 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9a',
    500: '#4d1b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b71;
$custom-light: #835d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34635,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B71

secondary

#6CA642

accent

#E54387

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B71

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

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