#4D17B4#4D17B4

#4D17B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.216 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D17B4
RGB	rgb(77, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.07, 58.06, -71.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.07, 92.06, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0654 -0.2057)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.216 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6027, 5.4852, 43.6185)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D17B4 #7EB417

analogous

#172FB4 #4D17B4 #9C17B4

triadic

#4D17B4 #B44D17 #17B44D

tetradic

#4D17B4 #B4172F #7EB417 #17B49C

square

#4D17B4 #B4172F #7EB417 #17B49C

split-complementary

#4D17B4 #B49C17 #2FB417

monochromatic

#1F0947 #36107E #4D17B4 #6625E3 #8C5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#4D17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4D17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D17B4

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D17B4	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.216 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fcc',
    500: '#4d17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d17b4;
$custom-light: #8c5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.637,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40703,
    "c": 0.21584,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D17B4

secondary

#A6CE59

accent

#F434B2

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F2EAF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D17B4

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

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