#4D2173#4D2173

#4D2173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.135 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2173
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 36.92, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 53.73, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0777 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.135 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.6982, 3.9033, 16.6169)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2173 #477321

analogous

#242173 #4D2173 #732170

triadic

#4D2173 #734D21 #21734D

tetradic

#4D2173 #732421 #477321 #217073

square

#4D2173 #732421 #477321 #217073

split-complementary

#4D2173 #707321 #217324

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1343 #4D2173 #6D2FA3 #8C45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4D2173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D2173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2173

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2173	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.135 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609c',
    500: '#4d2173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2173;
$custom-light: #82609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35547,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2173

secondary

#74A649

accent

#DF498E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2173

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

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