#4F1572#4F1572

#4F1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.150 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1572
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 42.58, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 59.23, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0934 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.15 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5292, 3.4136, 16.2313)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1572 #387215

analogous

#201572 #4F1572 #721567

triadic

#4F1572 #724F15 #15724F

tetradic

#4F1572 #722015 #387215 #156772

square

#4F1572 #722015 #387215 #156772

split-complementary

#4F1572 #677215 #157220

monochromatic

#12051A #2B0B3E #4F1572 #731FA6 #962AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#4F1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4F1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1572

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1572	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.150 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855a9b',
    500: '#4f1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1572;
$custom-light: #855a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.419,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34366,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1572

secondary

#64A83B

accent

#EC3C7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1572

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

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