#4F178F#4F178F

#4F178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.178 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F178F
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 48.89, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 73.44, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.083 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.178 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4875, 4.2581, 26.3560)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F178F #578F17

analogous

#171B8F #4F178F #8B178F

triadic

#4F178F #8F4F17 #178F4F

tetradic

#4F178F #8F171B #578F17 #178F8B

square

#4F178F #8F171B #578F17 #178F8B

split-complementary

#4F178F #8F8B17 #1B8F17

monochromatic

#150626 #320F5A #4F178F #6C1FC4 #8B40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4F178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4F178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F178F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F178F	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.178 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885db1',
    500: '#4f178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f178f;
$custom-light: #885db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37174,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F178F

secondary

#85C141

accent

#EF399A

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F178F

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

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