#4D176A#4D176A

#4D176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.139 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176A
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 39.48, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 54.18, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.0903 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.139 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9680, 3.2313, 13.9422)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176A #346A17

analogous

#23176A #4D176A #6A175D

triadic

#4D176A #6A4D17 #176A4D

tetradic

#4D176A #6A2317 #346A17 #175D6A

square

#4D176A #6A2317 #346A17 #175D6A

split-complementary

#4D176A #5D6A17 #176A23

monochromatic

#120519 #280C38 #4D176A #72229C #962DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#4D176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4D176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176A

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176A	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.139 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a95',
    500: '#4d176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176a;
$custom-light: #825a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.036,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33615,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176A

secondary

#5FA03D

accent

#E7407B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176A

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

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