#4D2187#4D2187

#4D2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.158 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2187
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 42.20, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 64.68, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0739 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.158 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9765, 4.4146, 23.3488)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2187 #5B8721

analogous

#212887 #4D2187 #802187

triadic

#4D2187 #874D21 #21874D

tetradic

#4D2187 #872128 #5B8721 #218780

square

#4D2187 #872128 #5B8721 #218780

split-complementary

#4D2187 #878021 #288721

monochromatic

#150925 #311556 #4D2187 #692DB8 #884FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4D2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2187

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2187	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.158 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ab',
    500: '#4d2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2187;
$custom-light: #8561ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37233,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2187

secondary

#89B74D

accent

#E4449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2187

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

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