#4D1B87#4D1B87

#4D1B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.165 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B87
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 44.95, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 67.68, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0793 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.165 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8246, 4.1108, 23.2982)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B87 #55871B

analogous

#1B1F87 #4D1B87 #831B87

triadic

#4D1B87 #874D1B #1B874D

tetradic

#4D1B87 #871B1F #55871B #1B8783

square

#4D1B87 #871B1F #55871B #1B8783

split-complementary

#4D1B87 #87831B #1F871B

monochromatic

#130721 #301154 #4D1B87 #6A25BA #8943D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4D1B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D1B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B87

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B87	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.165 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eab',
    500: '#4d1b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b87;
$custom-light: #855eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36557,
    "c": 0.16508,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B87

secondary

#83BA44

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B87

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

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