#4F1172#4F1172

#4F1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.154 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1172
RGB	rgb(79, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 44.04, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 60.85, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.01% 0.0968 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(34.01% 0.154 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4615, 3.2782, 16.2087)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1172 #347211

analogous

#1F1172 #4F1172 #721164

triadic

#4F1172 #724F11 #11724F

tetradic

#4F1172 #721F11 #347211 #116472

square

#4F1172 #721F11 #347211 #116472

split-complementary

#4F1172 #647211 #11721F

monochromatic

#12041B #2A093D #4F1172 #7419A7 #9921DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#4F1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4F1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1172

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1172	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.154 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85589b',
    500: '#4f1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1172;
$custom-light: #85589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.351,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34013,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1172

secondary

#5FA936

accent

#F1377A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1172

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

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