#4D2381#4D2381

#4D2381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.149 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2381
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 39.58, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 60.32, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0731 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.149 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6231, 4.3647, 21.2055)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2381 #578123

analogous

#232881 #4D2381 #7C2381

triadic

#4D2381 #814D23 #23814D

tetradic

#4D2381 #812328 #578123 #23817C

square

#4D2381 #812328 #578123 #23817C

split-complementary

#4D2381 #817C23 #288123

monochromatic

#140921 #301651 #4D2381 #6A30B1 #884FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#4D2381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D2381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2381

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2381	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.149 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a6',
    500: '#4d2381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2381;
$custom-light: #8462a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36965,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2381

secondary

#85B34D

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2381

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

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