#4B175F#4B175F

#4B175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.126 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B175F
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(283, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(283, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.78, 36.47, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.78, 48.37, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.45% 0.0891 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(32.45% 0.126 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2733, 2.9351, 11.1130)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B175F #2B5F17

analogous

#27175F #4B175F #5F174F

triadic

#4B175F #5F4B17 #175F4B

tetradic

#4B175F #5F2717 #2B5F17 #174F5F

square

#4B175F #5F2717 #2B5F17 #174F5F

split-complementary

#4B175F #4F5F17 #175F27

monochromatic

#130619 #240B2E #4B175F #722390 #992FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#4B175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4B175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B175F

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B175F	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14315D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.126 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80598d',
    500: '#4b175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b175f;
$custom-light: #80598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32454,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B175F

secondary

#55963C

accent

#E44470

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B175F

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

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