#4D1E8E#4D1E8E

#4D1E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.170 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D1E8E
RGB	rgb(77, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 45.46, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 69.95, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0747 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.17 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4060, 4.4591, 26.0037)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D1E8E #5F8E1E

analogous

#1E278E #4D1E8E #851E8E

triadic

#4D1E8E #8E4D1E #1E8E4D

tetradic

#4D1E8E #8E1E27 #5F8E1E #1E8E85

square

#4D1E8E #8E1E27 #5F8E1E #1E8E85

split-complementary

#4D1E8E #8E851E #278E1E

monochromatic

#160929 #32135B #4D1E8E #6829C1 #884DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4D1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4D1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D1E8E

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D1E8E	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.170 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8660b0',
    500: '#4d1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d1e8e;
$custom-light: #8660b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.179,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37524,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D1E8E

secondary

#8DBC4C

accent

#E840A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D1E8E

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

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