#4B176D#4B176D

#4B176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.141 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B176D
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.88, 39.78, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.88, 55.83, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0867 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.141 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9678, 3.2129, 14.7708)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B176D #396D17

analogous

#20176D #4B176D #6D1764

triadic

#4B176D #6D4B17 #176D4B

tetradic

#4B176D #6D2017 #396D17 #17646D

square

#4B176D #6D2017 #396D17 #17646D

split-complementary

#4B176D #646D17 #176D20

monochromatic

#110519 #280C3A #4B176D #6E22A0 #912CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4B176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4B176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B176D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B176D	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.141 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815a97',
    500: '#4b176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b176d;
$custom-light: #815a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33577,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B176D

secondary

#65A33D

accent

#E84082

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B176D

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

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