#4D2172#4D2172

#4D2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.134 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2172
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 36.66, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 53.18, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0778 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.134 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6410, 3.8804, 16.3155)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2172 #467221

analogous

#252172 #4D2172 #72216F

triadic

#4D2172 #724D21 #21724D

tetradic

#4D2172 #722521 #467221 #216F72

square

#4D2172 #722521 #467221 #216F72

split-complementary

#4D2172 #6F7221 #217225

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1343 #4D2172 #6D2FA1 #8C44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4D2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2172

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2172	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)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.134 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609b',
    500: '#4d2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2172;
$custom-light: #82609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35467,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2172

secondary

#73A549

accent

#DE498D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2172

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

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