#4D178E#4D178E

#4D178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.176 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D178E
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 48.35, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 73.08, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0801 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.176 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.2482, 4.1434, 25.9511)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D178E #588E17

analogous

#171C8E #4D178E #89178E

triadic

#4D178E #8E4D17 #178E4D

tetradic

#4D178E #8E171C #588E17 #178E89

square

#4D178E #8E171C #588E17 #178E89

split-complementary

#4D178E #8E8917 #1C8E17

monochromatic

#140625 #300E59 #4D178E #6A20C3 #883FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4D178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D178E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D178E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.176 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb0',
    500: '#4d178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d178e;
$custom-light: #865cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36832,
    "c": 0.1763,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D178E

secondary

#86C040

accent

#EF399C

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D178E

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

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