#4D177E#4D177E

#4D177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.160 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D177E
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 44.33, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 64.75, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0854 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.16 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1320, 3.6969, 20.0725)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D177E #487E17

analogous

#19177E #4D177E #7E177C

triadic

#4D177E #7E4D17 #177E4D

tetradic

#4D177E #7E1917 #487E17 #177C7E

square

#4D177E #7E1917 #487E17 #177C7E

split-complementary

#4D177E #7C7E17 #177E19

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E4A #4D177E #6D20B2 #8C35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#4D177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D177E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D177E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.160 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba4',
    500: '#4d177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d177e;
$custom-light: #845ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35335,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D177E

secondary

#76B33E

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D177E

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

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