#4D2182#4D2182

#4D2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.153 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2182
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 40.86, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 61.97, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.075 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.153 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6327, 4.2771, 21.5382)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2182 #568221

analogous

#212682 #4D2182 #7D2182

triadic

#4D2182 #824D21 #21824D

tetradic

#4D2182 #822126 #568221 #21827D

square

#4D2182 #822126 #568221 #21827D

split-complementary

#4D2182 #827D21 #268221

monochromatic

#130820 #301551 #4D2182 #6A2DB3 #884CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4D2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2182

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2182	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.153 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a7',
    500: '#4d2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2182;
$custom-light: #8461a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.216,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36796,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2182

secondary

#84B44A

accent

#E3459B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2182

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

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