#4E174D#4E174D

#4E174D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.110 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E174D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.09, 33.40, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.09, 39.32, 328.15°)
OKLab	oklab(31.68% 0.0935 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(31.68% 0.11 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7878, 2.7686, 7.3020)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E174D #174E18

analogous

#34174E #4E174D #4E1732

triadic

#4E174D #4D4E17 #174D4E

tetradic

#4E174D #4E3417 #174E18 #17324E

square

#4E174D #4E3417 #174E18 #17324E

split-complementary

#4E174D #324E17 #174E34

monochromatic

#180717 #1F091E #4E174D #7D257C #AD33AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#4E174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E174D

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E174D	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#112A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25314C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#511E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.110 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82597f',
    500: '#4e174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e174d;
$custom-light: #82597f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31676,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E174D

secondary

#3C853D

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E174D

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

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