#4B175E#4B175E

#4B175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.125 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B175E
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(284, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(284, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.71, 36.24, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.71, 47.84, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0892 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.125 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2281, 2.9170, 10.8751)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B175E #2A5E17

analogous

#28175E #4B175E #5E174D

triadic

#4B175E #5E4B17 #175E4B

tetradic

#4B175E #5E2817 #2A5E17 #174D5E

square

#4B175E #5E2817 #2A5E17 #174D5E

split-complementary

#4B175E #4D5E17 #175E28

monochromatic

#140619 #240B2D #4B175E #72238F #992FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#4B175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4B175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B175E

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B175E	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15315C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.125 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598c',
    500: '#4b175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b175e;
$custom-light: #80598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.944,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32378,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B175E

secondary

#54953C

accent

#E4446F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B175E

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

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