#4D2184#4D2184

#4D2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.155 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2184
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 41.39, -47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 63.06, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0746 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.155 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7682, 4.3313, 22.2521)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2184 #588421

analogous

#212684 #4D2184 #7F2184

triadic

#4D2184 #844D21 #21844D

tetradic

#4D2184 #842126 #588421 #21847F

square

#4D2184 #842126 #588421 #21847F

split-complementary

#4D2184 #847F21 #268421

monochromatic

#140922 #301553 #4D2184 #6A2DB5 #884DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4D2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2184

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2184	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.155 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4d2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2184;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36969,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2184

secondary

#86B64B

accent

#E3459D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2184

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

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