#4D176F#4D176F

#4D176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.144 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D176F
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 40.66, -39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 56.83, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0893 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.144 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2356, 3.3384, 15.3517)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D176F #396F17

analogous

#21176F #4D176F #6F1765

triadic

#4D176F #6F4D17 #176F4D

tetradic

#4D176F #6F2117 #396F17 #17656F

square

#4D176F #6F2117 #396F17 #17656F

split-complementary

#4D176F #656F17 #176F21

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3C #4D176F #7022A2 #932DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4D176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4D176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D176F

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D176F	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.144 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b99',
    500: '#4d176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d176f;
$custom-light: #835b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34027,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D176F

secondary

#65A53D

accent

#E93F81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D176F

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

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