#4D2372#4D2372

#4D2372 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.131 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2372
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 69.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 35.60, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 52.00, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0754 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.131 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.6982, 3.9948, 16.3345)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2372 #487223

analogous

#262372 #4D2372 #722370

triadic

#4D2372 #724D23 #23724D

tetradic

#4D2372 #722623 #487223 #237072

square

#4D2372 #722623 #487223 #237072

split-complementary

#4D2372 #707223 #237226

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1543 #4D2372 #6D31A1 #8C48C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4D2372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D2372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2372

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2372	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.131 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82619b',
    500: '#4d2372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2372;
$custom-light: #82619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35741,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2372

secondary

#76A54C

accent

#DC4B8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2372

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

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