#4F177B#4F177B

#4F177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.157 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F177B
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 43.94, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 63.06, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0893 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.157 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1052, 3.7052, 19.0759)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F177B #437B17

analogous

#1D177B #4F177B #7B1775

triadic

#4F177B #7B4F17 #177B4F

tetradic

#4F177B #7B1D17 #437B17 #17757B

square

#4F177B #7B1D17 #437B17 #17757B

split-complementary

#4F177B #757B17 #177B1D

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0D47 #4F177B #7021AF #9033D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4F177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4F177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F177B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F177B	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.157 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba2',
    500: '#4f177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f177b;
$custom-light: #855ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35335,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F177B

secondary

#70B03E

accent

#EB3C89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F177B

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

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