#4D2178#4D2178

#4D2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.141 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2178
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 38.22, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 56.49, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0769 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.141 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.9938, 4.0216, 18.1734)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2178 #4C7821

analogous

#222178 #4D2178 #782177

triadic

#4D2178 #784D21 #21784D

tetradic

#4D2178 #782221 #4C7821 #217778

square

#4D2178 #782221 #4C7821 #217778

split-complementary

#4D2178 #777821 #217822

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2E1448 #4D2178 #6C2EA8 #8A47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4D2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2178

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2178	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.141 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a0',
    500: '#4d2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2178;
$custom-light: #8360a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35952,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2178

secondary

#7AAB4A

accent

#E04893

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2178

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

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