#4D176B#4D176B

#4D176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.140 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176B
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 39.71, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 54.71, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0901 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.14 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0203, 3.2522, 14.2177)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176B #356B17

analogous

#23176B #4D176B #6B175F

triadic

#4D176B #6B4D17 #176B4D

tetradic

#4D176B #6B2317 #356B17 #175F6B

square

#4D176B #6B2317 #356B17 #175F6B

split-complementary

#4D176B #5F6B17 #176B23

monochromatic

#120519 #290C39 #4D176B #71229D #952DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4D176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4D176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176B	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.140 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a96',
    500: '#4d176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176b;
$custom-light: #825a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33697,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176B

secondary

#61A13D

accent

#E8407C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176B

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

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