#4D217F#4D217F

#4D217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.149 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D217F
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 40.06, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 60.33, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0756 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.149 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4342, 4.1977, 20.4931)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D217F #537F21

analogous

#21247F #4D217F #7C217F

triadic

#4D217F #7F4D21 #217F4D

tetradic

#4D217F #7F2124 #537F21 #217F7C

square

#4D217F #7F2124 #537F21 #217F7C

split-complementary

#4D217F #7F7C21 #247F21

monochromatic

#12081E #30144E #4D217F #6A2EB0 #894AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4D217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D217F

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D217F	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.149 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a5',
    500: '#4d217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d217f;
$custom-light: #8460a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36538,
    "c": 0.14926,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D217F

secondary

#81B24A

accent

#E24699

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D217F

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

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