#4F177F#4F177F

#4F177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.161 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F177F
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 44.92, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 65.16, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.0882 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.161 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3607, 3.8074, 20.4217)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F177F #477F17

analogous

#1B177F #4F177F #7F177B

triadic

#4F177F #7F4F17 #177F4F

tetradic

#4F177F #7F1B17 #477F17 #177B7F

square

#4F177F #7F1B17 #477F17 #177B7F

split-complementary

#4F177F #7B7F17 #177F1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4B #4F177F #6F20B3 #8F36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4F177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F177F

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F177F	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.161 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865ca5',
    500: '#4f177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f177f;
$custom-light: #865ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3569,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F177F

secondary

#74B43E

accent

#EC3C8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F177F

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

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