#4F168E#4F168E

#4F168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.177 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F168E
RGB	rgb(79, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 49.00, -54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 73.32, 311.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.084 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.177 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3926, 4.1889, 25.9523)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F168E #558E16

analogous

#16198E #4F168E #8B168E

triadic

#4F168E #8E4F16 #168E4F

tetradic

#4F168E #8E1619 #558E16 #168E8B

square

#4F168E #8E1619 #558E16 #168E8B

split-complementary

#4F168E #8E8B16 #198E16

monochromatic

#140624 #320E59 #4F168E #6C1EC3 #8B3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4F168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4F168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F168E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F168E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.177 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cb0',
    500: '#4f168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f168e;
$custom-light: #875cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36993,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F168E

secondary

#83C13F

accent

#F03898

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F168E

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

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