#4D227E#4D227E

#4D227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.147 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D227E
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 39.29, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 59.23, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0748 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.147 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3976, 4.2281, 20.1610)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D227E #537E22

analogous

#22257E #4D227E #7B227E

triadic

#4D227E #7E4D22 #227E4D

tetradic

#4D227E #7E2225 #537E22 #227E7B

square

#4D227E #7E2225 #537E22 #227E7B

split-complementary

#4D227E #7E7B22 #257E22

monochromatic

#12081E #30154E #4D227E #6A2FAE #894CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4D227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4D227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D227E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D227E	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.147 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a4',
    500: '#4d227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d227e;
$custom-light: #8461a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36581,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D227E

secondary

#81B14B

accent

#E14799

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D227E

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

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