#4D2189#4D2189

#4D2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.161 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2189
RGB	rgb(77, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 42.73, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 65.76, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0734 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.161 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1186, 4.4715, 24.0974)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2189 #5D8921

analogous

#212989 #4D2189 #812189

triadic

#4D2189 #894D21 #21894D

tetradic

#4D2189 #892129 #5D8921 #218981

square

#4D2189 #892129 #5D8921 #218981

split-complementary

#4D2189 #898121 #298921

monochromatic

#160926 #311558 #4D2189 #692DBA #8850D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4D2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4D2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2189

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2189	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.161 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ac',
    500: '#4d2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2189;
$custom-light: #8561ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37411,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2189

secondary

#8BB84E

accent

#E444A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2189

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

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