#4F157F#4F157F

#4F157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.163 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F157F
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 45.68, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 65.99, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0898 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.163 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3225, 3.7309, 20.4089)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F157F #457F15

analogous

#1A157F #4F157F #7F157A

triadic

#4F157F #7F4F15 #157F4F

tetradic

#4F157F #7F1A15 #457F15 #157A7F

square

#4F157F #7F1A15 #457F15 #157A7F

split-complementary

#4F157F #7A7F15 #157F1A

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4A #4F157F #701EB4 #8F31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4F157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4F157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F157F

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F157F	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.163 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba5',
    500: '#4f157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f157f;
$custom-light: #865ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35507,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F157F

secondary

#72B43C

accent

#EE398B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F157F

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

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