#4D177F#4D177F

#4D177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.161 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D177F
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 44.58, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 65.28, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0851 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.161 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.1968, 3.7228, 20.4140)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D177F #497F17

analogous

#19177F #4D177F #7F177D

triadic

#4D177F #7F4D17 #177F4D

tetradic

#4D177F #7F1917 #497F17 #177D7F

square

#4D177F #7F1917 #497F17 #177D7F

split-complementary

#4D177F #7D7F17 #177F19

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4B #4D177F #6C20B3 #8B36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4D177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4D177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D177F

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D177F	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.161 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba5',
    500: '#4d177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d177f;
$custom-light: #845ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35426,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D177F

secondary

#77B43E

accent

#EC3C91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D177F

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

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