#4B175C#4B175C

#4B175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.123 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B175C
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 35.78, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 46.78, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0894 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.123 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1395, 2.8816, 10.4086)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B175C #285C17

analogous

#28175C #4B175C #5C174B

triadic

#4B175C #5C4B17 #175C4B

tetradic

#4B175C #5C2817 #285C17 #174B5C

square

#4B175C #5C2817 #285C17 #174B5C

split-complementary

#4B175C #4B5C17 #175C28

monochromatic

#140618 #230B2B #4B175C #73238D #9B2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4B175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B175C

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B175C	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17315A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.123 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598a',
    500: '#4b175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b175c;
$custom-light: #80598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32228,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B175C

secondary

#51933C

accent

#E3456C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B175C

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

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