#4D2272#4D2272

#4D2272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.133 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2272
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 36.14, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 52.59, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0766 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.133 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6692, 3.9368, 16.3249)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2272 #477222

analogous

#252272 #4D2272 #72226F

triadic

#4D2272 #724D22 #22724D

tetradic

#4D2272 #722522 #477222 #226F72

square

#4D2272 #722522 #477222 #226F72

split-complementary

#4D2272 #6F7222 #227225

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1443 #4D2272 #6D30A1 #8C46C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4D2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2272

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2272	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.133 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609b',
    500: '#4d2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2272;
$custom-light: #82609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35603,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2272

secondary

#74A54B

accent

#DD4A8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2272

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

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