#4D2B79#4D2B79

#4D2B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.128 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D2B79
RGB	rgb(77, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 33.00, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 50.99, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0647 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.128 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3748, 4.6860, 18.6014)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D2B79 #57792B

analogous

#2B3079 #4D2B79 #742B79

triadic

#4D2B79 #794D2B #2B794D

tetradic

#4D2B79 #792B30 #57792B #2B7974

square

#4D2B79 #792B30 #57792B #2B7974

split-complementary

#4D2B79 #79742B #30792B

monochromatic

#140B1F #301B4C #4D2B79 #6A3BA6 #885AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4D2B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4D2B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D2B79

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D2B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D2B79	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d2b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.128 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266a0',
    500: '#4d2b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d2b79;
$custom-light: #8266a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d2b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37471,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D2B79

secondary

#85AA56

accent

#D7519D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D2B79

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

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