#4F157E#4F157E

#4F157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.162 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157E
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 45.44, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 65.47, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0901 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.162 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2576, 3.7050, 20.0674)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157E #447E15

analogous

#1B157E #4F157E #7E1579

triadic

#4F157E #7E4F15 #157E4F

tetradic

#4F157E #7E1B15 #447E15 #15797E

square

#4F157E #7E1B15 #447E15 #15797E

split-complementary

#4F157E #797E15 #157E1B

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4A #4F157E #701EB2 #9031DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4F157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4F157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.162 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba4',
    500: '#4f157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157e;
$custom-light: #865ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35417,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157E

secondary

#71B33C

accent

#EE3A8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157E

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

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