#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
RGBrgb(75, 23, 125)
HSLhsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSVhsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(22.26, 43.74, -47.20)
CIE-LCHlch(22.26, 64.35, 312.82°)
OKLaboklab(34.98% 0.0826 -0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(34.98% 0.158 301.5)
XYZxyz(6.9088, 3.5893, 19.7269)
Luminance0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##4B177D1.0012.221.7212.22
#FFFFFF12.221.0021.001.00
#0000001.7221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.221.0021.001.00

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

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#4B177D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva