#4F176B#4F176B

#4F176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.140 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F176B
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.35, 40.13, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.35, 54.65, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.99% 0.093 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.99% 0.14 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1842, 3.3368, 14.2254)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F176B #336B17

analogous

#25176B #4F176B #6B175D

triadic

#4F176B #6B4F17 #176B4F

tetradic

#4F176B #6B2517 #336B17 #175D6B

square

#4F176B #6B2517 #336B17 #175D6B

split-complementary

#4F176B #5D6B17 #176B25

monochromatic

#130519 #2A0C39 #4F176B #74229D #992DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#4F176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4F176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F176B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F176B	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.140 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b96',
    500: '#4f176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f176b;
$custom-light: #845b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33987,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F176B

secondary

#5EA13D

accent

#E84078

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F176B

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

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