#4B175D#4B175D

#4B175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.124 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B175D
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.64, 36.01, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.64, 47.31, 319.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.3% 0.0893 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(32.3% 0.124 316)
XYZ	xyz(5.1835, 2.8992, 10.6403)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B175D #295D17

analogous

#28175D #4B175D #5D174C

triadic

#4B175D #5D4B17 #175D4B

tetradic

#4B175D #5D2817 #295D17 #174C5D

square

#4B175D #5D2817 #295D17 #174C5D

split-complementary

#4B175D #4C5D17 #175D28

monochromatic

#140619 #230B2C #4B175D #73238E #9A2FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#4B175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B175D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B175D	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16315B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.124 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598b',
    500: '#4b175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b175d;
$custom-light: #80598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32303,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.02899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B175D

secondary

#53943C

accent

#E3446D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B175D

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

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