#4D2183#4D2183

#4D2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.154 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2183
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 41.12, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 62.51, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0748 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.154 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7001, 4.3041, 21.8934)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2183 #578321

analogous

#212683 #4D2183 #7E2183

triadic

#4D2183 #834D21 #21834D

tetradic

#4D2183 #832126 #578321 #21837E

square

#4D2183 #832126 #578321 #21837E

split-complementary

#4D2183 #837E21 #268321

monochromatic

#140821 #301552 #4D2183 #6A2DB4 #884CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4D2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2183

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2183	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.154 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a8',
    500: '#4d2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2183;
$custom-light: #8461a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36882,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2183

secondary

#85B54B

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2183

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

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