#4D174B#4D174B

#4D174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.107 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D174B
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 2.6%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 32.72, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 38.28, 328.73°)
OKLab	oklab(31.39% 0.0921 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(31.39% 0.107 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6369, 2.6989, 6.9320)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D174B #174D19

analogous

#34174D #4D174B #4D1730

triadic

#4D174B #4B4D17 #174B4D

tetradic

#4D174B #4D3417 #174D19 #17304D

square

#4D174B #4D3417 #174D19 #17304D

split-complementary

#4D174B #304D17 #174D34

monochromatic

#180717 #1E091D #4D174B #7C2579 #AB33A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#4D174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4D174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D174B

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D174B	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)

#12294D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25304A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.107 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81597d',
    500: '#4d174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d174b;
$custom-light: #81597d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.222,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31387,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D174B

secondary

#3C843E

accent

#DD504A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D174B

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

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