#4B176C#4B176C

#4B176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.140 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B176C
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 39.53, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 55.30, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0869 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.14 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9143, 3.1915, 14.4889)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B176C #386C17

analogous

#21176C #4B176C #6C1762

triadic

#4B176C #6C4B17 #176C4B

tetradic

#4B176C #6C2117 #386C17 #17626C

square

#4B176C #6C2117 #386C17 #17626C

split-complementary

#4B176C #626C17 #176C21

monochromatic

#120519 #280C3A #4B176C #6E229E #912CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4B176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4B176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B176C

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B176C	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.140 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a97',
    500: '#4b176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b176c;
$custom-light: #815a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33493,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B176C

secondary

#64A23D

accent

#E84081

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B176C

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

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