#4F1581#4F1581

#4F1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.165 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1581
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 46.16, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 67.03, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0891 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.165 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4541, 3.7836, 21.1022)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1581 #478115

analogous

#191581 #4F1581 #81157D

triadic

#4F1581 #814F15 #15814F

tetradic

#4F1581 #811915 #478115 #157D81

square

#4F1581 #811915 #478115 #157D81

split-complementary

#4F1581 #7D8115 #158119

monochromatic

#10041A #2F0C4C #4F1581 #6F1EB6 #8F33DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4F1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1581

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1581	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.165 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ba6',
    500: '#4f1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1581;
$custom-light: #865ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35689,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1581

secondary

#74B63C

accent

#EF398D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1581

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

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