#4F156E#4F156E

#4F156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.146 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F156E
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 41.65, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 57.14, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.03% 0.0944 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(34.03% 0.146 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3065, 3.3245, 15.0583)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F156E #346E15

analogous

#22156E #4F156E #6E1560

triadic

#4F156E #6E4F15 #156E4F

tetradic

#4F156E #6E2215 #346E15 #15606E

square

#4F156E #6E2215 #346E15 #15606E

split-complementary

#4F156E #606E15 #156E22

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3B #4F156E #741FA1 #9929D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#4F156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4F156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F156E

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F156E	1.00	12.61	1.66	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.146 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a98',
    500: '#4f156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f156e;
$custom-light: #845a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.101,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34031,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F156E

secondary

#5FA43A

accent

#EB3D7A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F156E

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

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