#4D2185#4D2185

#4D2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.156 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2185
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 41.66, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 63.60, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0743 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.156 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8370, 4.3588, 22.6142)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2185 #598521

analogous

#212785 #4D2185 #7F2185

triadic

#4D2185 #854D21 #21854D

tetradic

#4D2185 #852127 #598521 #21857F

square

#4D2185 #852127 #598521 #21857F

split-complementary

#4D2185 #857F21 #278521

monochromatic

#140923 #311554 #4D2185 #692DB6 #884DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4D2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2185

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2185	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.156 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4d2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2185;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37057,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2185

secondary

#87B64C

accent

#E3449D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2185

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

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