#4D174C#4D174C

#4D174C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.108 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D174C
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 76)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 1.3%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 32.91, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 38.75, 328.14°)
OKLab	oklab(31.45% 0.0922 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(31.45% 0.108 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6714, 2.7127, 7.1136)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D174C #174D18

analogous

#33174D #4D174C #4D1731

triadic

#4D174C #4C4D17 #174C4D

tetradic

#4D174C #4D3317 #174D18 #17314D

square

#4D174C #4D3317 #174D18 #17314D

split-complementary

#4D174C #314D17 #174D33

monochromatic

#180717 #1E091D #4D174C #7C257B #AB33A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#4D174C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4D174C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D174C

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D174C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D174C	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#11294E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25304B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d174c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.108 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81597e',
    500: '#4d174c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d174c;
$custom-light: #81597e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d174c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31449,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D174C

secondary

#3C843D

accent

#DD4D4A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D174C

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

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