#4F158D#4F158D

#4F158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.177 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F158D
RGB	rgb(79, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 49.11, -54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 73.20, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.085 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.177 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2991, 4.1216, 25.5524)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F158D #538D15

analogous

#15178D #4F158D #8B158D

triadic

#4F158D #8D4F15 #158D4F

tetradic

#4F158D #8D1517 #538D15 #158D8B

square

#4F158D #8D1517 #538D15 #158D8B

split-complementary

#4F158D #8D8B15 #178D15

monochromatic

#130522 #310D58 #4F158D #6D1DC2 #8B3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4F158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4F158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F158D

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F158D	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.177 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caf',
    500: '#4f158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f158d;
$custom-light: #875caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36814,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F158D

secondary

#81C13D

accent

#F13797

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F158D

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

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