#4B175B#4B175B

#4B175B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.122 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B175B
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, 35.56, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 46.25, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.0895 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.122 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0961, 2.8642, 10.1799)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B175B #275B17

analogous

#29175B #4B175B #5B1749

triadic

#4B175B #5B4B17 #175B4B

tetradic

#4B175B #5B2917 #275B17 #17495B

square

#4B175B #5B2917 #275B17 #17495B

split-complementary

#4B175B #495B17 #175B29

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2A #4B175B #73238C #9C30BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#4B175B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4B175B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B175B

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B175B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B175B	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b175b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.122 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598a',
    500: '#4b175b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b175b;
$custom-light: #80598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b175b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32154,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B175B

secondary

#50923C

accent

#E3456A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B175B

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

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