#4D1C85#4D1C85

#4D1C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C85
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 78.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 43.99, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 66.14, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.079 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.162 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7084, 4.1016, 22.5713)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C85 #54851C

analogous

#1C2085 #4D1C85 #821C85

triadic

#4D1C85 #854D1C #1C854D

tetradic

#4D1C85 #851C20 #54851C #1C8582

square

#4D1C85 #851C20 #54851C #1C8582

split-complementary

#4D1C85 #85821C #20851C

monochromatic

#120720 #301152 #4D1C85 #6A27B8 #8944D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4D1C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D1C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C85

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C85	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea9',
    500: '#4d1c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c85;
$custom-light: #855ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36481,
    "c": 0.16185,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C85

secondary

#82B845

accent

#E8409A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C85

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

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