#4D1B79#4D1B79

#4D1B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.150 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B79
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 41.37, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 60.22, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0831 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.15 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9029, 3.7421, 18.4441)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B79 #47791B

analogous

#1E1B79 #4D1B79 #791B76

triadic

#4D1B79 #794D1B #1B794D

tetradic

#4D1B79 #791E1B #47791B #1B7679

square

#4D1B79 #791E1B #47791B #1B7679

split-complementary

#4D1B79 #76791B #1B791E

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1047 #4D1B79 #6D26AB #8C3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#4D1B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4D1B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B79

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B79	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.150 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835da0',
    500: '#4d1b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b79;
$custom-light: #835da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35309,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B79

secondary

#74AD43

accent

#E7418F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B79

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

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