#4D2280#4D2280

#4D2280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.149 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2280
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 39.82, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 60.32, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0744 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.149 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5279, 4.2803, 20.8475)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2280 #558022

analogous

#222680 #4D2280 #7C2280

triadic

#4D2280 #804D22 #22804D

tetradic

#4D2280 #802226 #558022 #22807C

square

#4D2280 #802226 #558022 #22807C

split-complementary

#4D2280 #807C22 #268022

monochromatic

#13081F #301550 #4D2280 #6A2FB0 #894DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4D2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2280

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2280	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.149 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a6',
    500: '#4d2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2280;
$custom-light: #8461a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3675,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2280

secondary

#83B24B

accent

#E1479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2280

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

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