#4D217B#4D217B

#4D217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.145 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D217B
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 39.00, -43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 58.14, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0764 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.145 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1787, 4.0955, 19.1474)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D217B #4F7B21

analogous

#21227B #4D217B #7A217B

triadic

#4D217B #7B4D21 #217B4D

tetradic

#4D217B #7B2122 #4F7B21 #217B7A

square

#4D217B #7B2122 #4F7B21 #217B7A

split-complementary

#4D217B #7B7A21 #227B21

monochromatic

#11071A #2F144B #4D217B #6B2EAB #8A48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4D217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D217B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D217B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.145 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a2',
    500: '#4d217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d217b;
$custom-light: #8360a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.362,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D217B

secondary

#7DAE4A

accent

#E14796

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D217B

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

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