#4D277D#4D277D

#4D277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.139 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D277D
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 36.36, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 55.75, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0693 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.139 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4868, 4.5094, 19.8740)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D277D #577D27

analogous

#272C7D #4D277D #78277D

triadic

#4D277D #7D4D27 #277D4D

tetradic

#4D277D #7D272C #577D27 #277D78

square

#4D277D #7D272C #577D27 #277D78

split-complementary

#4D277D #7D7827 #2C7D27

monochromatic

#140A20 #30184E #4D277D #6A36AC #8855CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4D277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4D277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D277D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D277D	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.139 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a3',
    500: '#4d277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d277d;
$custom-light: #8364a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37183,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D277D

secondary

#85AF51

accent

#DC4C9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D277D

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

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