#4D1C8B#4D1C8B

#4D1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.168 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C8B
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 45.55, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 69.32, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0773 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.168 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1348, 4.2722, 24.8171)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C8B #5A8B1C

analogous

#1C238B #4D1C8B #841C8B

triadic

#4D1C8B #8B4D1C #1C8B4D

tetradic

#4D1C8B #8B1C23 #5A8B1C #1C8B84

square

#4D1C8B #8B1C23 #5A8B1C #1C8B84

split-complementary

#4D1C8B #8B841C #238B1C

monochromatic

#150725 #311258 #4D1C8B #6926BE #8847DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4D1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C8B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C8B	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.168 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eae',
    500: '#4d1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c8b;
$custom-light: #855eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37031,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C8B

secondary

#88BC47

accent

#E93E9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C8B

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

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