#4F157C#4F157C

#4F157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.160 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157C
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 44.96, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 64.44, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0907 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.16 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1299, 3.6539, 19.3945)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157C #427C15

analogous

#1B157C #4F157C #7C1575

triadic

#4F157C #7C4F15 #157C4F

tetradic

#4F157C #7C1B15 #427C15 #15757C

square

#4F157C #7C1B15 #427C15 #15757C

split-complementary

#4F157C #757C15 #157C1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C48 #4F157C #701EB0 #9130DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4F157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4F157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157C	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.160 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba3',
    500: '#4f157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157c;
$custom-light: #855ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.786,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35237,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157C

secondary

#6FB13C

accent

#EE3A89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157C

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

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