#4D178D#4D178D

#4D178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.175 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D178D
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 48.09, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 72.56, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0805 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.175 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1734, 4.1135, 25.5575)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D178D #578D17

analogous

#171C8D #4D178D #88178D

triadic

#4D178D #8D4D17 #178D4D

tetradic

#4D178D #8D171C #578D17 #178D88

square

#4D178D #8D171C #578D17 #178D88

split-complementary

#4D178D #8D8817 #1C8D17

monochromatic

#140624 #300E58 #4D178D #6A20C2 #883FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4D178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4D178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D178D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D178D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.175 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865caf',
    500: '#4d178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d178d;
$custom-light: #865caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36736,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D178D

secondary

#85C040

accent

#EF399C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D178D

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

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