#4D2373#4D2373

#4D2373 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.132 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2373
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 69.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 35.86, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 52.56, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0753 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.132 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7554, 4.0177, 16.6359)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2373 #497323

analogous

#252373 #4D2373 #732371

triadic

#4D2373 #734D23 #23734D

tetradic

#4D2373 #732523 #497323 #237173

square

#4D2373 #732523 #497323 #237173

split-complementary

#4D2373 #717323 #237325

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1544 #4D2373 #6C31A2 #8B49C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4D2373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4D2373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2373

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2373	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.132 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82619c',
    500: '#4d2373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2373;
$custom-light: #82619c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35819,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2373

secondary

#77A64C

accent

#DD4B90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2373

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

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