#4D2377#4D2377

#4D2377 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.137 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2377
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 36.91, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 54.78, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0748 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.137 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.9906, 4.1118, 17.8745)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2377 #4D7723

analogous

#232377 #4D2377 #772377

triadic

#4D2377 #774D23 #23774D

tetradic

#4D2377 #772323 #4D7723 #237777

square

#4D2377 #772323 #4D7723 #237777

split-complementary

#4D2377 #777723 #237723

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1548 #4D2377 #6C31A6 #8A4ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4D2377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D2377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2377

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2377	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.137 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619f',
    500: '#4d2377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2377;
$custom-light: #83619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36137,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2377

secondary

#7BAA4C

accent

#DE4A94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2377

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

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