#4D2079#4D2079

#4D2079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.144 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2079
RGB	rgb(77, 32, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 38.98, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 57.59, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0779 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.144 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0275, 3.9913, 18.4856)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2079 #4C7920

analogous

#202079 #4D2079 #792079

triadic

#4D2079 #794D20 #20794D

tetradic

#4D2079 #792020 #4C7920 #207979

square

#4D2079 #792020 #4C7920 #207979

split-complementary

#4D2079 #797920 #207920

monochromatic

#0F0618 #2E1349 #4D2079 #6C2DA9 #8A45CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4D2079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D2079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2079

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2079	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 32, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.144 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a0',
    500: '#4d2079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2079;
$custom-light: #8360a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 58.17,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35906,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2079

secondary

#7AAC49

accent

#E14693

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2079

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

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