#4F175F#4F175F

#4F175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.128 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F175F
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(287, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(287, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 37.42, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 48.38, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0947 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.128 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5961, 3.1015, 11.1281)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F175F #275F17

analogous

#2B175F #4F175F #5F174B

triadic

#4F175F #5F4F17 #175F4F

tetradic

#4F175F #5F2B17 #275F17 #174B5F

square

#4F175F #5F2B17 #275F17 #174B5F

split-complementary

#4F175F #4B5F17 #175F2B

monochromatic

#140619 #260B2E #4F175F #782390 #A12FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#4F175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4F175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F175F

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F175F	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19335D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.128 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a8d',
    500: '#4f175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f175f;
$custom-light: #835a8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33063,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F175F

secondary

#50963C

accent

#E44467

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F175F

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

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