#4F176C#4F176C

#4F176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.141 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F176C
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 40.37, -37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 55.18, 317.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.0928 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.141 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2371, 3.3579, 14.5040)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F176C #346C17

analogous

#24176C #4F176C #6C175E

triadic

#4F176C #6C4F17 #176C4F

tetradic

#4F176C #6C2417 #346C17 #175E6C

square

#4F176C #6C2417 #346C17 #175E6C

split-complementary

#4F176C #5E6C17 #176C24

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3A #4F176C #74229E #992CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#4F176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4F176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F176C

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F176C	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.141 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b97',
    500: '#4f176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f176c;
$custom-light: #845b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34068,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F176C

secondary

#5FA23D

accent

#E84079

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F176C

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

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