#4F177A#4F177A

#4F177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.156 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F177A
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 43.70, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 62.54, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0896 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.156 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0429, 3.6802, 18.7479)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F177A #427A17

analogous

#1D177A #4F177A #7A1773

triadic

#4F177A #7A4F17 #177A4F

tetradic

#4F177A #7A1D17 #427A17 #17737A

square

#4F177A #7A1D17 #427A17 #17737A

split-complementary

#4F177A #737A17 #177A1D

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0D47 #4F177A #7021AD #9133D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4F177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4F177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F177A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F177A	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.156 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba1',
    500: '#4f177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f177a;
$custom-light: #855ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35247,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F177A

secondary

#6FAF3E

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F177A

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

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