#4F178A#4F178A

#4F178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.172 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F178A
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 47.64, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 70.87, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0847 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.172 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1171, 4.1099, 24.4055)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F178A #528A17

analogous

#17198A #4F178A #89178A

triadic

#4F178A #8A4F17 #178A4F

tetradic

#4F178A #8A1719 #528A17 #178A89

square

#4F178A #8A1719 #528A17 #178A89

split-complementary

#4F178A #8A8917 #198A17

monochromatic

#130621 #310E56 #4F178A #6D20BE #8C3DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4F178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4F178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F178A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F178A	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.172 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875cad',
    500: '#4f178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f178a;
$custom-light: #875cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.217,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.367,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F178A

secondary

#80BE3F

accent

#EE3A96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F178A

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

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