#4F157B#4F157B

#4F157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.159 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157B
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 44.72, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 63.92, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.091 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.159 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0670, 3.6287, 19.0632)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157B #417B15

analogous

#1C157B #4F157B #7B1574

triadic

#4F157B #7B4F15 #157B4F

tetradic

#4F157B #7B1C15 #417B15 #15747B

square

#4F157B #7B1C15 #417B15 #15747B

split-complementary

#4F157B #747B15 #157B1C

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0C47 #4F157B #711EAF #912FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4F157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4F157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157B

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157B	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.159 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba2',
    500: '#4f157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157b;
$custom-light: #855ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35148,
    "c": 0.15882,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157B

secondary

#6EB03B

accent

#EE3A88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157B

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

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