#4F176D#4F176D

#4F176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.142 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F176D
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 40.60, -38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 55.70, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.15% 0.0926 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(34.15% 0.142 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2906, 3.3793, 14.7859)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F176D #356D17

analogous

#24176D #4F176D #6D1760

triadic

#4F176D #6D4F17 #176D4F

tetradic

#4F176D #6D2417 #356D17 #17606D

square

#4F176D #6D2417 #356D17 #17606D

split-complementary

#4F176D #606D17 #176D24

monochromatic

#120519 #2A0C3A #4F176D #7422A0 #982CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4F176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4F176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F176D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F176D	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04346B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.142 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b97',
    500: '#4f176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f176d;
$custom-light: #845b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34149,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F176D

secondary

#60A33D

accent

#E8407A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F176D

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

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