#4D1C8E#4D1C8E

#4D1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.172 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1C8E
RGB	rgb(77, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 46.34, -53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 70.90, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0764 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.172 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3570, 4.3611, 25.9874)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1C8E #5D8E1C

analogous

#1C248E #4D1C8E #861C8E

triadic

#4D1C8E #8E4D1C #1C8E4D

tetradic

#4D1C8E #8E1C24 #5D8E1C #1C8E86

square

#4D1C8E #8E1C24 #5D8E1C #1C8E86

split-complementary

#4D1C8E #8E861C #248E1C

monochromatic

#160828 #31125B #4D1C8E #6926C1 #8849DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4D1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1C8E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1C8E	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.172 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fb0',
    500: '#4d1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1c8e;
$custom-light: #865fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.789,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37312,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1C8E

secondary

#8BBD49

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1C8E

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

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