#4F177E#4F177E

#4F177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.160 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F177E
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 44.67, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 64.63, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0885 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.16 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2959, 3.7814, 20.0801)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F177E #467E17

analogous

#1B177E #4F177E #7E177A

triadic

#4F177E #7E4F17 #177E4F

tetradic

#4F177E #7E1B17 #467E17 #177A7E

square

#4F177E #7E1B17 #467E17 #177A7E

split-complementary

#4F177E #7A7E17 #177E1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4A #4F177E #6F20B2 #8F35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4F177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F177E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F177E	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.160 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca4',
    500: '#4f177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f177e;
$custom-light: #865ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.621,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35601,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F177E

secondary

#73B33E

accent

#EC3C8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F177E

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