#4D227D#4D227D

#4D227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.146 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D227D
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 39.02, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 58.68, 311.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.075 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.146 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.3334, 4.2025, 19.8229)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D227D #527D22

analogous

#22247D #4D227D #7A227D

triadic

#4D227D #7D4D22 #227D4D

tetradic

#4D227D #7D2224 #527D22 #227D7A

square

#4D227D #7D2224 #527D22 #227D7A

split-complementary

#4D227D #7D7A22 #247D22

monochromatic

#12081D #2F154D #4D227D #6B2FAD #894BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4D227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4D227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D227D

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D227D	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.146 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4d227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d227d;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36497,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D227D

secondary

#80B04B

accent

#E04798

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D227D

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

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