#4D2277#4D2277

#4D2277 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.139 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2277
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 37.44, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 55.37, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0759 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.139 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9616, 4.0537, 17.8649)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2277 #4C7722

analogous

#222277 #4D2277 #772277

triadic

#4D2277 #774D22 #22774D

tetradic

#4D2277 #772222 #4C7722 #227777

square

#4D2277 #772222 #4C7722 #227777

split-complementary

#4D2277 #777722 #227722

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2E1447 #4D2277 #6C30A7 #8A49CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4D2277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4D2277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2277

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2277	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.139 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619f',
    500: '#4d2277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2277;
$custom-light: #83619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36002,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2277

secondary

#7AAA4B

accent

#DF4993

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2277

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

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