#4C174E#4C174E

#4C174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.109 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C174E
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(298, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 33.03, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 39.64, 326.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.091 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.109 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6619, 2.6996, 7.4818)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C174E #194E17

analogous

#31174E #4C174E #4E1735

triadic

#4C174E #4E4C17 #174E4C

tetradic

#4C174E #4E3117 #194E17 #17354E

square

#4C174E #4E3117 #194E17 #17354E

split-complementary

#4C174E #354E17 #174E31

monochromatic

#170718 #1E091F #4C174E #7A257D #A833AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#4C174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4C174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C174E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C174E	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23304D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E1F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.109 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805980',
    500: '#4c174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c174e;
$custom-light: #805980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31412,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C174E

secondary

#3E853C

accent

#DE4A4F

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C174E

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