#4D176D#4D176D

#4D176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.142 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176D
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 40.19, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 55.77, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0897 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.142 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1267, 3.2948, 14.7782)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176D #376D17

analogous

#22176D #4D176D #6D1762

triadic

#4D176D #6D4D17 #176D4D

tetradic

#4D176D #6D2217 #376D17 #17626D

square

#4D176D #6D2217 #376D17 #17626D

split-complementary

#4D176D #626D17 #176D22

monochromatic

#120519 #290C3A #4D176D #7122A0 #942CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4D176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4D176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176D	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.142 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a97',
    500: '#4d176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176d;
$custom-light: #835a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33861,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176D

secondary

#63A33D

accent

#E8407E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176D

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

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