#4E174F#4E174F

#4E174F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.112 H 327.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E174F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 79)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 33.80, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 40.28, 327.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.8% 0.0937 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(31.8% 0.112 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8595, 2.7973, 7.6796)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E174F #184F17

analogous

#32174F #4E174F #4F1734

triadic

#4E174F #4F4E17 #174F4E

tetradic

#4E174F #4F3217 #184F17 #17344F

square

#4E174F #4F3217 #184F17 #17344F

split-complementary

#4E174F #344F17 #174F32

monochromatic

#170718 #1F0920 #4E174F #7D257E #AC33AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#4E174F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E174F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E174F

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E174F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E174F	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F2A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24314E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#501F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e174f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.112 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825980',
    500: '#4e174f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e174f;
$custom-light: #825980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e174f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.929,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31802,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E174F

secondary

#3D863C

accent

#DE4A4C

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E174F

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