#4D227C#4D227C

#4D227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.144 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D227C
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 38.76, -43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 58.13, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0751 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.144 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2698, 4.1770, 19.4881)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D227C #517C22

analogous

#22247C #4D227C #7A227C

triadic

#4D227C #7C4D22 #227C4D

tetradic

#4D227C #7C2224 #517C22 #227C7A

square

#4D227C #7C2224 #517C22 #227C7A

split-complementary

#4D227C #7C7A22 #247C22

monochromatic

#11081C #2F154C #4D227C #6B2FAC #894BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4D227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D227C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D227C	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.144 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4d227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d227c;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36413,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D227C

secondary

#7FAF4B

accent

#E04897

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D227C

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

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