#4D178F#4D178F

#4D178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.177 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D178F
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 48.60, -55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 73.59, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0798 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.177 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3236, 4.1736, 26.3483)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D178F #598F17

analogous

#171D8F #4D178F #89178F

triadic

#4D178F #8F4D17 #178F4D

tetradic

#4D178F #8F171D #598F17 #178F89

square

#4D178F #8F171D #598F17 #178F89

split-complementary

#4D178F #8F8917 #1D8F17

monochromatic

#140626 #310F5A #4D178F #691FC4 #8840E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4D178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4D178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D178F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D178F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.177 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865cb1',
    500: '#4d178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d178f;
$custom-light: #865cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36929,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D178F

secondary

#87C141

accent

#EF399D

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D178F

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

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