#4B174F#4B174F

#4B174F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.110 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B174F
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 79)
HSL	hsl(296, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(296, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.69, 32.96, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.69, 40.07, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0898 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.11 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6192, 2.6734, 7.6683)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B174F #1B4F17

analogous

#2F174F #4B174F #4F1737

triadic

#4B174F #4F4B17 #174F4B

tetradic

#4B174F #4F2F17 #1B4F17 #17374F

square

#4B174F #4F2F17 #1B4F17 #17374F

split-complementary

#4B174F #374F17 #174F2F

monochromatic

#160718 #1E0920 #4B174F #78257E #A533AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#4B174F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4B174F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B174F

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B174F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B174F	1.00	13.68	1.53	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21304E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b174f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.110 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5980',
    500: '#4b174f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b174f;
$custom-light: #7f5980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b174f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31316,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B174F

secondary

#41863C

accent

#DE4A54

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EEE9EE

border

#C9C5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B174F

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

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