#4F156D#4F156D

#4F156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.145 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F156D
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, 41.42, -38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 56.62, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.95% 0.0946 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(33.95% 0.145 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2524, 3.3029, 14.7732)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F156D #336D15

analogous

#23156D #4F156D #6D155F

triadic

#4F156D #6D4F15 #156D4F

tetradic

#4F156D #6D2315 #336D15 #155F6D

square

#4F156D #6D2315 #336D15 #155F6D

split-complementary

#4F156D #5F6D15 #156D23

monochromatic

#13051A #2A0B3A #4F156D #741FA0 #9929D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#4F156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4F156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F156D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F156D	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.145 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a97',
    500: '#4f156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f156d;
$custom-light: #845a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33948,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F156D

secondary

#5EA33A

accent

#EB3D78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F156D

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

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