#4B176B#4B176B

#4B176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.139 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B176B
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 39.29, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 54.77, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0871 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.139 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8613, 3.1703, 14.2102)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B176B #376B17

analogous

#21176B #4B176B #6B1761

triadic

#4B176B #6B4B17 #176B4B

tetradic

#4B176B #6B2117 #376B17 #17616B

square

#4B176B #6B2117 #376B17 #17616B

split-complementary

#4B176B #616B17 #176B21

monochromatic

#120519 #280C39 #4B176B #6E229D #922DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4B176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4B176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B176B

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B176B	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.139 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a96',
    500: '#4b176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b176b;
$custom-light: #815a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3341,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B176B

secondary

#63A13D

accent

#E84080

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B176B

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

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