#4F0E71#4F0E71

#4F0E71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.155 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F0E71
RGB	rgb(79, 14, 113)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 88%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 87.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 44.79, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 61.41, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0993 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.155 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3615, 3.1687, 15.8961)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F0E71 #30710E

analogous

#1E0E71 #4F0E71 #710E62

triadic

#4F0E71 #714F0E #0E714F

tetradic

#4F0E71 #711E0E #30710E #0E6271

square

#4F0E71 #711E0E #30710E #0E6271

split-complementary

#4F0E71 #62710E #0E711E

monochromatic

#13031B #29073B #4F0E71 #7515A7 #9B1BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4F0E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4F0E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F0E71

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F0E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F0E71	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f0e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 14, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.155 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85579b',
    500: '#4f0e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f0e71;
$custom-light: #85579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f0e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 77.953,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33696,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F0E71

secondary

#5BA932

accent

#F43376

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F0E71

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

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