#4F178D#4F178D

#4F178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.175 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F178D
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 48.39, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 72.41, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0837 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.175 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3373, 4.1980, 25.5652)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F178D #558D17

analogous

#171A8D #4F178D #8A178D

triadic

#4F178D #8D4F17 #178D4F

tetradic

#4F178D #8D171A #558D17 #178D8A

square

#4F178D #8D171A #558D17 #178D8A

split-complementary

#4F178D #8D8A17 #1A8D17

monochromatic

#140624 #320E58 #4F178D #6C20C2 #8B3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4F178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4F178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F178D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F178D	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.175 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875daf',
    500: '#4f178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f178d;
$custom-light: #875daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.475,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36984,
    "c": 0.17549,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F178D

secondary

#83C040

accent

#EF3999

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F178D

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

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