#4B177D#4B177D

#4B177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.158 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B177D
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 43.74, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 64.35, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0826 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.158 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9088, 3.5893, 19.7269)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B177D #497D17

analogous

#18177D #4B177D #7D177C

triadic

#4B177D #7D4B17 #177D4B

tetradic

#4B177D #7D1817 #497D17 #177C7D

square

#4B177D #7D1817 #497D17 #177C7D

split-complementary

#4B177D #7C7D17 #177D18

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D49 #4B177D #6A21B1 #8935DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4B177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B177D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B177D	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.158 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba3',
    500: '#4b177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b177d;
$custom-light: #835ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.588,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34981,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B177D

secondary

#77B23E

accent

#EC3C92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B177D

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

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