#4D176E#4D176E

#4D176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.143 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176E
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 40.42, -39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 56.30, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0895 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.143 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1809, 3.3165, 15.0634)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176E #386E17

analogous

#21176E #4D176E #6E1763

triadic

#4D176E #6E4D17 #176E4D

tetradic

#4D176E #6E2117 #386E17 #17636E

square

#4D176E #6E2117 #386E17 #17636E

split-complementary

#4D176E #636E17 #176E21

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3B #4D176E #7022A1 #942CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4D176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4D176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176E	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.143 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a98',
    500: '#4d176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176e;
$custom-light: #835a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33944,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176E

secondary

#64A43D

accent

#E83F80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176E

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

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