#4D1E77#4D1E77

#4D1E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.144 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E77
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 39.45, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 57.59, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0804 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.144 304)
XYZ	xyz(6.8538, 3.8383, 17.8290)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E77 #48771E

analogous

#201E77 #4D1E77 #771E75

triadic

#4D1E77 #774D1E #1E774D

tetradic

#4D1E77 #77201E #48771E #1E7577

square

#4D1E77 #77201E #48771E #1E7577

split-complementary

#4D1E77 #75771E #1E7720

monochromatic

#100618 #2D1246 #4D1E77 #6D2AA8 #8C40CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4D1E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4D1E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E77

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E77	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)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.144 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9f',
    500: '#4d1e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e77;
$custom-light: #835e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3549,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E77

secondary

#76AB46

accent

#E3458F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E77

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

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