#4D227B#4D227B

#4D227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.143 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D227B
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 38.49, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 57.57, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0753 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.143 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2069, 4.1519, 19.1568)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D227B #507B22

analogous

#22237B #4D227B #79227B

triadic

#4D227B #7B4D22 #227B4D

tetradic

#4D227B #7B2223 #507B22 #227B79

square

#4D227B #7B2223 #507B22 #227B79

split-complementary

#4D227B #7B7922 #237B22

monochromatic

#11071B #2F154B #4D227B #6B2FAB #894ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4D227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D227B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D227B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.143 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a2',
    500: '#4d227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d227b;
$custom-light: #8361a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3633,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D227B

secondary

#7EAE4B

accent

#E04896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D227B

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

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