#4B177B#4B177B

#4B177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.156 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B177B
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 43.23, -46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 63.29, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.0832 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.156 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7823, 3.5387, 19.0608)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B177B #477B17

analogous

#19177B #4B177B #7B1779

triadic

#4B177B #7B4B17 #177B4B

tetradic

#4B177B #7B1917 #477B17 #17797B

square

#4B177B #7B1917 #477B17 #17797B

split-complementary

#4B177B #797B17 #177B19

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D47 #4B177B #6A21AF #8A33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4B177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4B177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B177B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B177B	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.156 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba2',
    500: '#4b177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b177b;
$custom-light: #835ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34799,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B177B

secondary

#75B03E

accent

#EB3C90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B177B

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

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