#4F157A#4F157A

#4F157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.158 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157A
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 44.48, -45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 63.40, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0913 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.158 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0047, 3.6038, 18.7352)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157A #407A15

analogous

#1C157A #4F157A #7A1572

triadic

#4F157A #7A4F15 #157A4F

tetradic

#4F157A #7A1C15 #407A15 #15727A

square

#4F157A #7A1C15 #407A15 #15727A

split-complementary

#4F157A #727A15 #157A1C

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0C46 #4F157A #711EAE #922EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4F157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4F157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157A

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157A	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	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: #4f157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.158 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba1',
    500: '#4f157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157a;
$custom-light: #855ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.455,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35059,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157A

secondary

#6DAF3B

accent

#ED3A87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157A

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

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