#4D1D8E#4D1D8E

#4D1D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.171 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1D8E
RGB	rgb(77, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 45.91, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 70.43, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0756 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.171 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3811, 4.4093, 25.9954)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1D8E #5E8E1D

analogous

#1D258E #4D1D8E #851D8E

triadic

#4D1D8E #8E4D1D #1D8E4D

tetradic

#4D1D8E #8E1D25 #5E8E1D #1D8E85

square

#4D1D8E #8E1D25 #5E8E1D #1D8E85

split-complementary

#4D1D8E #8E851D #258E1D

monochromatic

#160828 #31135B #4D1D8E #6927C1 #884BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4D1D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D1D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1D8E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1D8E	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.171 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865fb0',
    500: '#4d1d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1d8e;
$custom-light: #865fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1D8E

secondary

#8CBD4A

accent

#E93FA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1D8E

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

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