#4D1B8E#4D1B8E

#4D1B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.173 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B8E
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 46.76, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 71.36, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0772 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.173 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3337, 4.3145, 25.9796)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B8E #5C8E1B

analogous

#1B228E #4D1B8E #861B8E

triadic

#4D1B8E #8E4D1B #1B8E4D

tetradic

#4D1B8E #8E1B22 #5C8E1B #1B8E86

square

#4D1B8E #8E1B22 #5C8E1B #1B8E86

split-complementary

#4D1B8E #8E861B #228E1B

monochromatic

#150727 #31115B #4D1B8E #6925C1 #8847DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4D1B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D1B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B8E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B8E	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.173 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eb0',
    500: '#4d1b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b8e;
$custom-light: #865eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.17266,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B8E

secondary

#8ABE47

accent

#EB3D9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B8E

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

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