#4D178C#4D178C

#4D178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.174 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D178C
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 47.84, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 72.04, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.64% 0.0808 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.64% 0.174 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0993, 4.0839, 25.1674)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D178C #568C17

analogous

#171C8C #4D178C #88178C

triadic

#4D178C #8C4D17 #178C4D

tetradic

#4D178C #8C171C #568C17 #178C88

square

#4D178C #8C171C #568C17 #178C88

split-complementary

#4D178C #8C8817 #1C8C17

monochromatic

#130623 #300E57 #4D178C #6A20C1 #883EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4D178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D178C

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D178C	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.174 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865caf',
    500: '#4d178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d178c;
$custom-light: #865caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3664,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D178C

secondary

#84BF3F

accent

#EF399B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D178C

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

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