#4B177F#4B177F

#4B177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.160 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B177F
RGB	rgb(75, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 44.24, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 65.40, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.082 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.16 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0379, 3.6409, 20.4065)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B177F #4B7F17

analogous

#17177F #4B177F #7F177F

triadic

#4B177F #7F4B17 #177F4B

tetradic

#4B177F #7F1717 #4B7F17 #177F7F

square

#4B177F #7F1717 #4B7F17 #177F7F

split-complementary

#4B177F #7F7F17 #177F17

monochromatic

#0F051A #2C0E4B #4B177F #6A20B3 #8836DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4B177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4B177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B177F

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B177F	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.160 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba5',
    500: '#4b177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b177f;
$custom-light: #835ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35165,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B177F

secondary

#79B43E

accent

#EC3C94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B177F

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