#4D175F#4D175F

#4D175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.127 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D175F
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(285, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.11, 36.94, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.11, 48.37, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32.76% 0.0919 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(32.76% 0.127 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4322, 3.0170, 11.1204)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D175F #295F17

analogous

#29175F #4D175F #5F174D

triadic

#4D175F #5F4D17 #175F4D

tetradic

#4D175F #5F2917 #295F17 #174D5F

square

#4D175F #5F2917 #295F17 #174D5F

split-complementary

#4D175F #4D5F17 #175F29

monochromatic

#140619 #250B2E #4D175F #752390 #9D2FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#4D175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4D175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D175F

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D175F	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17325D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.127 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8d',
    500: '#4d175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d175f;
$custom-light: #825a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32757,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D175F

secondary

#52963C

accent

#E4446C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D175F

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

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