#4D2571#4D2571

#4D2571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.127 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2571
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 67.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 34.25, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 50.23, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.073 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.127 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.7021, 4.0932, 16.0566)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2571 #497125

analogous

#272571 #4D2571 #71256F

triadic

#4D2571 #714D25 #25714D

tetradic

#4D2571 #712725 #497125 #256F71

square

#4D2571 #712725 #497125 #256F71

split-complementary

#4D2571 #6F7125 #257127

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1643 #4D2571 #6C349F #8B4CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#4D2571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D2571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2571

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2571	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.127 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82629a',
    500: '#4d2571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2571;
$custom-light: #82629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3595,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2571

secondary

#77A44E

accent

#DA4E90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2571

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

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