#4F178C#4F178C

#4F178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.174 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F178C
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 48.14, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 71.90, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.084 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.174 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2633, 4.1684, 25.1751)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F178C #548C17

analogous

#171A8C #4F178C #8A178C

triadic

#4F178C #8C4F17 #178C4F

tetradic

#4F178C #8C171A #548C17 #178C8A

square

#4F178C #8C171A #548C17 #178C8A

split-complementary

#4F178C #8C8A17 #1A8C17

monochromatic

#140623 #310E57 #4F178C #6D20C1 #8B3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4F178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4F178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F178C

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F178C	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.174 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caf',
    500: '#4f178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f178c;
$custom-light: #875caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.718,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36889,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F178C

secondary

#82BF3F

accent

#EF3998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F178C

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

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