#4D2180#4D2180

#4D2180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.150 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2180
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 40.33, -45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 60.88, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0754 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.15 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4997, 4.2239, 20.8381)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2180 #548021

analogous

#212580 #4D2180 #7D2180

triadic

#4D2180 #804D21 #21804D

tetradic

#4D2180 #802125 #548021 #21807D

square

#4D2180 #802125 #548021 #21807D

split-complementary

#4D2180 #807D21 #258021

monochromatic

#12081F #30144F #4D2180 #6A2EB1 #894BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4D2180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D2180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2180

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2180	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.150 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a6',
    500: '#4d2180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2180;
$custom-light: #8460a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36623,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2180

secondary

#82B34A

accent

#E2469A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2180

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

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