#4F0E72#4F0E72

#4F0E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.156 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F0E72
RGB	rgb(79, 14, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 78%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 88%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 87.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 45.01, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 61.92, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(33.78% 0.099 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(33.78% 0.156 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4181, 3.1914, 16.1942)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F0E72 #31720E

analogous

#1D0E72 #4F0E72 #720E63

triadic

#4F0E72 #724F0E #0E724F

tetradic

#4F0E72 #721D0E #31720E #0E6372

square

#4F0E72 #721D0E #31720E #0E6372

split-complementary

#4F0E72 #63720E #0E721D

monochromatic

#13031B #29073B #4F0E72 #7515A9 #9B1BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4F0E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4F0E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F0E72

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F0E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F0E72	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f0e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 14, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.156 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85579b',
    500: '#4f0e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f0e72;
$custom-light: #85579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f0e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 78.125,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33783,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F0E72

secondary

#5CAA32

accent

#F53377

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F0E72

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

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