#4F0F72#4F0F72

#4F0F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.155 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F0F72
RGB	rgb(79, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(279, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 44.70, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 61.58, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0983 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.155 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4319, 3.2189, 16.1988)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F0F72 #32720F

analogous

#1E0F72 #4F0F72 #720F63

triadic

#4F0F72 #724F0F #0F724F

tetradic

#4F0F72 #721E0F #32720F #0F6372

square

#4F0F72 #721E0F #32720F #0F6372

split-complementary

#4F0F72 #63720F #0F721E

monochromatic

#13041B #2A083C #4F0F72 #7416A8 #9A1DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4F0F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4F0F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F0F72

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F0F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F0F72	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	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: #4f0f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.155 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85589b',
    500: '#4f0f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f0f72;
$custom-light: #85589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f0f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.788,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33857,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F0F72

secondary

#5DAA33

accent

#F33578

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F0F72

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

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