#4D217D#4D217D

#4D217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.147 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D217D
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 39.53, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 59.23, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.076 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.147 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3052, 4.1461, 19.8135)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D217D #517D21

analogous

#21237D #4D217D #7B217D

triadic

#4D217D #7D4D21 #217D4D

tetradic

#4D217D #7D2123 #517D21 #217D7B

square

#4D217D #7D2123 #517D21 #217D7B

split-complementary

#4D217D #7D7B21 #237D21

monochromatic

#11071C #2F144D #4D217D #6B2EAD #8949CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4D217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D217D

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D217D	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.147 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a3',
    500: '#4d217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d217d;
$custom-light: #8360a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36368,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D217D

secondary

#7FB04A

accent

#E14697

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D217D

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

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