#4B174E#4B174E

#4B174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.109 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B174E
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(297, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 32.75, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 39.57, 325.86°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.0897 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.109 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5831, 2.6590, 7.4781)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B174E #1A4E17

analogous

#2F174E #4B174E #4E1736

triadic

#4B174E #4E4B17 #174E4B

tetradic

#4B174E #4E2F17 #1A4E17 #17364E

square

#4B174E #4E2F17 #1A4E17 #17364E

split-complementary

#4B174E #364E17 #174E2F

monochromatic

#170718 #1E091F #4B174E #78257D #A633AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#4B174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4B174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B174E

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B174E	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22304D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.109 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5980',
    500: '#4b174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b174e;
$custom-light: #7f5980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3125,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B174E

secondary

#40853C

accent

#DE4A52

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B174E

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

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