#4D1E79#4D1E79

#4D1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.146 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E79
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 39.97, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 58.68, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.08 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.146 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9752, 3.8868, 18.4682)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E79 #4A791E

analogous

#201E79 #4D1E79 #791E78

triadic

#4D1E79 #794D1E #1E794D

tetradic

#4D1E79 #79201E #4A791E #1E7879

square

#4D1E79 #79201E #4A791E #1E7879

split-complementary

#4D1E79 #78791E #1E7920

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1248 #4D1E79 #6C2AAA #8B41D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4D1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E79

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E79	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.146 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fa0',
    500: '#4d1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e79;
$custom-light: #835fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35658,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E79

secondary

#78AD46

accent

#E34491

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E79

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

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