#4B174B#4B174B

#4B174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.106 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B174B
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(300, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 32.14, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 38.10, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0895 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.106 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4780, 2.6169, 6.9245)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B174B #174B17

analogous

#31174B #4B174B #4B1731

triadic

#4B174B #4B4B17 #174B4B

tetradic

#4B174B #4B3117 #174B17 #17314B

square

#4B174B #4B3117 #174B17 #17314B

split-complementary

#4B174B #314B17 #174B31

monochromatic

#170717 #1C091C #4B174B #7A257A #A934A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#4B174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4B174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B174B

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B174B	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10294D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.106 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f597d',
    500: '#4b174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b174b;
$custom-light: #7f597d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31058,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B174B

secondary

#3C823C

accent

#DC4B4B

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B174B

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