#4D175E#4D175E

#4D175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.126 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D175E
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(286, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.04, 36.72, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.04, 47.85, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.092 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.126 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3870, 2.9989, 10.8826)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D175E #285E17

analogous

#29175E #4D175E #5E174B

triadic

#4D175E #5E4D17 #175E4D

tetradic

#4D175E #5E2917 #285E17 #174B5E

square

#4D175E #5E2917 #285E17 #174B5E

split-complementary

#4D175E #4B5E17 #175E29

monochromatic

#140619 #250B2D #4D175E #75238F #9E2FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4D175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4D175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D175E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D175E	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18325C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.126 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8c',
    500: '#4d175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d175e;
$custom-light: #825a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32682,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D175E

secondary

#51953C

accent

#E4446A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D175E

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

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