#4D1C72#4D1C72

#4D1C72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.141 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C72
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 39.15, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 55.94, 314.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0835 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.141 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5124, 3.6233, 16.2726)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C72 #41721C

analogous

#221C72 #4D1C72 #721C6C

triadic

#4D1C72 #724D1C #1C724D

tetradic

#4D1C72 #72221C #41721C #1C6C72

square

#4D1C72 #72221C #41721C #1C6C72

split-complementary

#4D1C72 #6C721C #1C7222

monochromatic

#110619 #2C1041 #4D1C72 #6E28A3 #8F3ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4D1C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D1C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C72

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C72	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.141 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9b',
    500: '#4d1c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c72;
$custom-light: #835d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.186,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34835,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C72

secondary

#6EA643

accent

#E44489

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C72

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

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