#4D1E72#4D1E72

#4D1E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.138 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E72
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 38.18, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 54.86, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0813 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.138 306)
XYZ	xyz(6.5614, 3.7213, 16.2889)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E72 #43721E

analogous

#231E72 #4D1E72 #721E6D

triadic

#4D1E72 #724D1E #1E724D

tetradic

#4D1E72 #72231E #43721E #1E6D72

square

#4D1E72 #72231E #43721E #1E6D72

split-complementary

#4D1E72 #6D721E #1E7223

monochromatic

#100618 #2C1142 #4D1E72 #6E2BA2 #8E3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4D1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E72

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E72	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.138 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9b',
    500: '#4d1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e72;
$custom-light: #835e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35078,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E72

secondary

#70A646

accent

#E2468B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E72

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

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