#4D1D79#4D1D79

#4D1D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.147 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1D79
RGB	rgb(77, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 40.44, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 59.20, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.081 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.147 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9503, 3.8370, 18.4599)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1D79 #49791D

analogous

#1F1D79 #4D1D79 #791D77

triadic

#4D1D79 #794D1D #1D794D

tetradic

#4D1D79 #791F1D #49791D #1D7779

square

#4D1D79 #791F1D #49791D #1D7779

split-complementary

#4D1D79 #77791D #1D791F

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1148 #4D1D79 #6C29AA #8B3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4D1D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4D1D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1D79

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1D79	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.147 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ea0',
    500: '#4d1d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1d79;
$custom-light: #835ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35539,
    "c": 0.14742,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1D79

secondary

#77AD45

accent

#E44390

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1D79

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

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