#4D1B77#4D1B77

#4D1B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.148 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B77
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.63, 40.86, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.63, 59.15, 313.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0835 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.148 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7815, 3.6936, 17.8049)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B77 #45771B

analogous

#1F1B77 #4D1B77 #771B73

triadic

#4D1B77 #774D1B #1B774D

tetradic

#4D1B77 #771F1B #45771B #1B7377

square

#4D1B77 #771F1B #45771B #1B7377

split-complementary

#4D1B77 #73771B #1B771F

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1045 #4D1B77 #6D26A9 #8D3AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4D1B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D1B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B77

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B77	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.148 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9f',
    500: '#4d1b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b77;
$custom-light: #835d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35138,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B77

secondary

#72AB42

accent

#E6428D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B77

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

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