#4D176C#4D176C

#4D176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.141 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176C
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.11, 39.95, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.11, 55.24, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.0899 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.141 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0732, 3.2734, 14.4963)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176C #366C17

analogous

#23176C #4D176C #6C1760

triadic

#4D176C #6C4D17 #176C4D

tetradic

#4D176C #6C2317 #366C17 #17606C

square

#4D176C #6C2317 #366C17 #17606C

split-complementary

#4D176C #606C17 #176C23

monochromatic

#120519 #290C3A #4D176C #71229E #952CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4D176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4D176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176C	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.141 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4d176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176c;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.118,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33779,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176C

secondary

#62A23D

accent

#E8407D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176C

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

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