#4D1C79#4D1C79

#4D1C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.149 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C79
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 40.91, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 59.72, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0821 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.149 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9262, 3.7888, 18.4519)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C79 #48791C

analogous

#1F1C79 #4D1C79 #791C77

triadic

#4D1C79 #794D1C #1C794D

tetradic

#4D1C79 #791F1C #48791C #1C7779

square

#4D1C79 #791F1C #48791C #1C7779

split-complementary

#4D1C79 #77791C #1C791F

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1047 #4D1C79 #6D28AB #8C3DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4D1C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4D1C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C79

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C79	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.149 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835da0',
    500: '#4d1c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c79;
$custom-light: #835da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35422,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C79

secondary

#76AD44

accent

#E54290

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C79

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

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