#4D177A#4D177A

#4D177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.155 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D177A
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 43.34, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 62.65, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0865 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.155 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8790, 3.5957, 18.7402)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D177A #447A17

analogous

#1B177A #4D177A #7A1775

triadic

#4D177A #7A4D17 #177A4D

tetradic

#4D177A #7A1B17 #447A17 #17757A

square

#4D177A #7A1B17 #447A17 #17757A

split-complementary

#4D177A #757A17 #177A1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D47 #4D177A #6D21AD #8D33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4D177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D177A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D177A	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.155 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba1',
    500: '#4d177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d177a;
$custom-light: #845ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34976,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D177A

secondary

#71AF3E

accent

#EB3D8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D177A

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

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