#4D177B#4D177B

#4D177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.156 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D177B
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 43.59, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 63.17, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0862 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.156 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9413, 3.6206, 19.0682)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D177B #457B17

analogous

#1B177B #4D177B #7B1777

triadic

#4D177B #7B4D17 #177B4D

tetradic

#4D177B #7B1B17 #457B17 #17777B

square

#4D177B #7B1B17 #457B17 #17777B

split-complementary

#4D177B #777B17 #177B1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D47 #4D177B #6D21AF #8D33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4D177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4D177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D177B

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D177B	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.156 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba2',
    500: '#4d177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d177b;
$custom-light: #845ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35065,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D177B

secondary

#72B03E

accent

#EB3C8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D177B

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

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