#4F147A#4F147A

#4F147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.159 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F147A
RGB	rgb(79, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 44.85, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 63.81, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0921 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.159 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9867, 3.5678, 18.7292)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F147A #3F7A14

analogous

#1C147A #4F147A #7A1472

triadic

#4F147A #7A4F14 #147A4F

tetradic

#4F147A #7A1C14 #3F7A14 #14727A

square

#4F147A #7A1C14 #3F7A14 #14727A

split-complementary

#4F147A #727A14 #147A1C

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0B45 #4F147A #711DAF #922CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4F147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4F147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F147A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F147A	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.159 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa1',
    500: '#4f147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f147a;
$custom-light: #855aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.706,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3497,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F147A

secondary

#6CB03A

accent

#EF3986

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F147A

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

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