#4D1B86#4D1B86

#4D1B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.164 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B86
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 44.69, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 67.15, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0796 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.164 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.7545, 4.0828, 22.9291)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B86 #54861B

analogous

#1B1F86 #4D1B86 #831B86

triadic

#4D1B86 #864D1B #1B864D

tetradic

#4D1B86 #861B1F #54861B #1B8683

square

#4D1B86 #861B1F #54861B #1B8683

split-complementary

#4D1B86 #86831B #1F861B

monochromatic

#120620 #301153 #4D1B86 #6A25B9 #8942D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4D1B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D1B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B86

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B86	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	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: #4d1b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.164 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eaa',
    500: '#4d1b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b86;
$custom-light: #855eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36466,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B86

secondary

#82B944

accent

#E93E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B86

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

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