#4D1E76#4D1E76

#4D1E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.143 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E76
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 39.20, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 57.04, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0806 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.143 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7941, 3.8144, 17.5143)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E76 #47761E

analogous

#211E76 #4D1E76 #761E73

triadic

#4D1E76 #764D1E #1E764D

tetradic

#4D1E76 #76211E #47761E #1E7376

square

#4D1E76 #76211E #47761E #1E7376

split-complementary

#4D1E76 #73761E #1E7621

monochromatic

#100618 #2D1245 #4D1E76 #6D2AA7 #8C40CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4D1E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4D1E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E76

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E76	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.143 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9e',
    500: '#4d1e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e76;
$custom-light: #835e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35407,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E76

secondary

#74AA46

accent

#E3458F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E76

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

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