#4B174D#4B174D

#4B174D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.108 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B174D
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(298, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.56, 32.55, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.56, 39.08, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.19% 0.0897 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(31.19% 0.108 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5475, 2.6448, 7.2907)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B174D #194D17

analogous

#30174D #4B174D #4D1734

triadic

#4B174D #4D4B17 #174D4B

tetradic

#4B174D #4D3017 #194D17 #17344D

square

#4B174D #4D3017 #194D17 #17344D

split-complementary

#4B174D #344D17 #174D30

monochromatic

#170718 #1D091E #4B174D #79257C #A733AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#4B174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4B174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B174D

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B174D	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E294F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.108 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f597f',
    500: '#4b174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b174d;
$custom-light: #7f597f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31185,
    "c": 0.10783,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B174D

secondary

#3E843C

accent

#DD4A50

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B174D

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

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