#4D177D#4D177D

#4D177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.158 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D177D
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 44.08, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 64.23, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0857 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.158 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0678, 3.6712, 19.7343)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D177D #477D17

analogous

#1A177D #4D177D #7D177A

triadic

#4D177D #7D4D17 #177D4D

tetradic

#4D177D #7D1A17 #477D17 #177A7D

square

#4D177D #7D1A17 #477D17 #177A7D

split-complementary

#4D177D #7A7D17 #177D1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D49 #4D177D #6D21B1 #8C35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4D177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4D177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D177D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D177D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.158 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba3',
    500: '#4d177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d177d;
$custom-light: #845ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35245,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D177D

secondary

#74B23E

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D177D

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