#4F137B#4F137B

#4F137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.161 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F137B
RGB	rgb(79, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 45.45, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 64.72, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0926 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.161 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0317, 3.5581, 19.0514)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F137B #3F7B13

analogous

#1B137B #4F137B #7B1373

triadic

#4F137B #7B4F13 #137B4F

tetradic

#4F137B #7B1B13 #3F7B13 #13737B

square

#4F137B #7B1B13 #3F7B13 #13737B

split-complementary

#4F137B #737B13 #137B1B

monochromatic

#11041B #2D0B46 #4F137B #711BB0 #922ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4F137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4F137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F137B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F137B	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.161 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa2',
    500: '#4f137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f137b;
$custom-light: #855aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34974,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F137B

secondary

#6CB139

accent

#F03886

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F137B

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

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