#4D1C81#4D1C81

#4D1C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.157 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C81
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 42.96, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 64.01, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0801 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.157 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4373, 3.9932, 21.1436)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C81 #50811C

analogous

#1C1D81 #4D1C81 #7F1C81

triadic

#4D1C81 #814D1C #1C814D

tetradic

#4D1C81 #811C1D #50811C #1C817F

square

#4D1C81 #811C1D #50811C #1C817F

split-complementary

#4D1C81 #817F1C #1D811C

monochromatic

#11061C #2F114F #4D1C81 #6B27B3 #8942D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4D1C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D1C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C81

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C81	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.157 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea6',
    500: '#4d1c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c81;
$custom-light: #845ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36121,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C81

secondary

#7EB444

accent

#E74096

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C81

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

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