#4D225B#4D225B

#4D225B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.106 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D225B
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 91)
HSL	hsl(285, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 62.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 30.44, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 39.88, 319.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.93% 0.0775 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(33.93% 0.106 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5206, 3.4774, 10.2759)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D225B #305B22

analogous

#31225B #4D225B #5B224D

triadic

#4D225B #5B4D22 #225B4D

tetradic

#4D225B #5B3122 #305B22 #224D5B

square

#4D225B #5B3122 #305B22 #224D5B

split-complementary

#4D225B #4D5B22 #225B31

monochromatic

#130816 #27112E #4D225B #733388 #9843B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4D225B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4D225B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D225B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D225B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D225B	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13325D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23365A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d225b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.106 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81608a',
    500: '#4d225b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d225b;
$custom-light: #81608a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d225b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33934,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D225B

secondary

#5B8F4A

accent

#D55373

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D225B

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

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