#4D2181#4D2181

#4D2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.152 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2181
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 40.59, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 61.42, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0752 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.152 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5659, 4.2504, 21.1864)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2181 #558121

analogous

#212581 #4D2181 #7D2181

triadic

#4D2181 #814D21 #21814D

tetradic

#4D2181 #812125 #558121 #21817D

square

#4D2181 #812125 #558121 #21817D

split-complementary

#4D2181 #817D21 #258121

monochromatic

#130820 #301550 #4D2181 #6A2DB2 #894BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#4D2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2181

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2181	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.152 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a6',
    500: '#4d2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2181;
$custom-light: #8461a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36709,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2181

secondary

#83B44A

accent

#E2459A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2181

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

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