#4B177A#4B177A

#4B177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.155 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B177A
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.99, 42.98, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.99, 62.76, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.0834 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.155 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7201, 3.5138, 18.7328)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B177A #467A17

analogous

#19177A #4B177A #7A1777

triadic

#4B177A #7A4B17 #177A4B

tetradic

#4B177A #7A1917 #467A17 #17777A

square

#4B177A #7A1917 #467A17 #17777A

split-complementary

#4B177A #777A17 #177A19

monochromatic

#10051A #2B0D47 #4B177A #6B21AD #8A33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4B177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4B177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B177A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B177A	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.155 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba1',
    500: '#4b177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b177a;
$custom-light: #835ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.515,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34709,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B177A

secondary

#74AF3E

accent

#EB3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B177A

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

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