#4B176A#4B176A

#4B176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.138 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B176A
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.63, 39.05, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.63, 54.23, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.33% 0.0873 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(33.33% 0.138 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8090, 3.1494, 13.9347)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B176A #366A17

analogous

#21176A #4B176A #6A1760

triadic

#4B176A #6A4B17 #176A4B

tetradic

#4B176A #6A2117 #366A17 #17606A

square

#4B176A #6A2117 #366A17 #17606A

split-complementary

#4B176A #606A17 #176A21

monochromatic

#120519 #270C38 #4B176A #6F229C #922DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#4B176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B176A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B176A	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.138 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a95',
    500: '#4b176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b176a;
$custom-light: #815a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33327,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B176A

secondary

#62A03D

accent

#E7407F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B176A

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

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