#4D174E#4D174E

#4D174E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.110 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D174E
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.97, 33.31, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.97, 39.72, 327.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0923 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.11 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7420, 2.7409, 7.4855)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D174E #184E17

analogous

#32174E #4D174E #4E1734

triadic

#4D174E #4E4D17 #174E4D

tetradic

#4D174E #4E3217 #184E17 #17344E

square

#4D174E #4E3217 #184E17 #17344E

split-complementary

#4D174E #344E17 #174E32

monochromatic

#170718 #1E091F #4D174E #7C257D #AA33AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#4D174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4D174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D174E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D174E	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F2A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F1F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.110 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815980',
    500: '#4d174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d174e;
$custom-light: #815980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31575,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D174E

secondary

#3D853C

accent

#DE4A4D

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0A040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D174E

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