#4B177E#4B177E

#4B177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.159 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B177E
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 43.99, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 64.87, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0823 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.159 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9730, 3.6150, 20.0650)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B177E #4A7E17

analogous

#17177E #4B177E #7E177E

triadic

#4B177E #7E4B17 #177E4B

tetradic

#4B177E #7E1717 #4A7E17 #177E7E

square

#4B177E #7E1717 #4A7E17 #177E7E

split-complementary

#4B177E #7E7E17 #177E17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4A #4B177E #6A20B2 #8935DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4B177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B177E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B177E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.159 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba4',
    500: '#4b177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b177e;
$custom-light: #835ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35073,
    "c": 0.15915,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B177E

secondary

#78B33E

accent

#EC3C93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B177E

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

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