#4D1E8B#4D1E8B

#4D1E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.166 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E8B
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 44.67, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 68.36, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0756 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.166 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.1838, 4.3702, 24.8335)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E8B #5C8B1E

analogous

#1E258B #4D1E8B #831E8B

triadic

#4D1E8B #8B4D1E #1E8B4D

tetradic

#4D1E8B #8B1E25 #5C8B1E #1E8B83

square

#4D1E8B #8B1E25 #5C8B1E #1E8B83

split-complementary

#4D1E8B #8B831E #258B1E

monochromatic

#150826 #311359 #4D1E8B #6929BD #884BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#4D1E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D1E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E8B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E8B	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.166 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fae',
    500: '#4d1e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e8b;
$custom-light: #855fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37247,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.0437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E8B

secondary

#8ABB4A

accent

#E7409F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E8B

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

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