#4E174B#4E174B

#4E174B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.108 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E174B
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 75)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.97, 33.01, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.97, 38.38, 329.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0934 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.108 330)
XYZ	xyz(4.7183, 2.7408, 6.9358)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E174B #174E1A

analogous

#36174E #4E174B #4E172F

triadic

#4E174B #4B4E17 #174B4E

tetradic

#4E174B #4E3617 #174E1A #172F4E

square

#4E174B #4E3617 #174E1A #172F4E

split-complementary

#4E174B #2F4E17 #174E36

monochromatic

#180717 #1F091E #4E174B #7D2578 #AD33A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#4E174B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E174B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E174B

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E174B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E174B	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12294D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26314A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e174b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.108 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82597d',
    500: '#4e174b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e174b;
$custom-light: #82597d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e174b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31552,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.0274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E174B

secondary

#3C8540

accent

#DE524A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B0409

muted

#7C797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E174B

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

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