#4F157D#4F157D

#4F157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.161 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157D
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 45.20, -46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 64.96, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.0904 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.161 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1934, 3.6793, 19.7293)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157D #437D15

analogous

#1B157D #4F157D #7D1577

triadic

#4F157D #7D4F15 #157D4F

tetradic

#4F157D #7D1B15 #437D15 #15777D

square

#4F157D #7D1B15 #437D15 #15777D

split-complementary

#4F157D #777D15 #157D1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2E0C49 #4F157D #701EB1 #9030DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4F157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4F157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157D

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157D	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.161 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba3',
    500: '#4f157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157d;
$custom-light: #865ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35327,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157D

secondary

#70B23C

accent

#EE3A8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157D

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

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