#4D217E#4D217E

#4D217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.148 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D217E
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 39.80, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 59.78, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0758 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.148 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3694, 4.1718, 20.1516)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D217E #527E21

analogous

#21237E #4D217E #7B217E

triadic

#4D217E #7E4D21 #217E4D

tetradic

#4D217E #7E2123 #527E21 #217E7B

square

#4D217E #7E2123 #527E21 #217E7B

split-complementary

#4D217E #7E7B21 #237E21

monochromatic

#12081D #2F144E #4D217E #6B2EAE #894AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4D217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D217E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D217E	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.148 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a4',
    500: '#4d217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d217e;
$custom-light: #8460a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36453,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D217E

secondary

#80B14A

accent

#E24698

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D217E

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

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