#4D2271#4D2271

#4D2271 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.132 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2271
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 35.88, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 52.04, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0767 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.132 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6126, 3.9141, 16.0267)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2271 #467122

analogous

#262271 #4D2271 #71226E

triadic

#4D2271 #714D22 #22714D

tetradic

#4D2271 #712622 #467122 #226E71

square

#4D2271 #712622 #467122 #226E71

split-complementary

#4D2271 #6E7122 #227126

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1442 #4D2271 #6D30A0 #8C46C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4D2271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4D2271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2271

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2271	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.132 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609a',
    500: '#4d2271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2271;
$custom-light: #82609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35524,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2271

secondary

#73A44A

accent

#DD4B8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2271

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

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