#4D2177#4D2177

#4D2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.140 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2177
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 37.96, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 55.94, 312.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0771 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.14 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9334, 3.9974, 17.8555)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2177 #4B7721

analogous

#222177 #4D2177 #772176

triadic

#4D2177 #774D21 #21774D

tetradic

#4D2177 #772221 #4B7721 #217677

square

#4D2177 #772221 #4B7721 #217677

split-complementary

#4D2177 #767721 #217722

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1447 #4D2177 #6C2EA7 #8B47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4D2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2177

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2177	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.140 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609f',
    500: '#4d2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2177;
$custom-light: #83609f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3587,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2177

secondary

#79AA4A

accent

#E04892

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2177

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

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