#4D1B8F#4D1B8F

#4D1B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.174 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1B8F
RGB	rgb(77, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 47.02, -54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 71.88, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0768 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.174 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4091, 4.3446, 26.3768)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1B8F #5D8F1B

analogous

#1B238F #4D1B8F #871B8F

triadic

#4D1B8F #8F4D1B #1B8F4D

tetradic

#4D1B8F #8F1B23 #5D8F1B #1B8F87

square

#4D1B8F #8F1B23 #5D8F1B #1B8F87

split-complementary

#4D1B8F #8F871B #238F1B

monochromatic

#160828 #31115C #4D1B8F #6925C2 #8848DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4D1B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D1B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1B8F

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1B8F	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.174 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865eb1',
    500: '#4d1b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1b8f;
$custom-light: #865eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37305,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1B8F

secondary

#8BBE48

accent

#EB3DA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1B8F

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

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