#4F17A0#4F17A0

#4F17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.195 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F17A0
RGB	rgb(79, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 53.18, -62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 82.05, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0766 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.195 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8742, 4.8128, 33.6596)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F17A0 #68A017

analogous

#1723A0 #4F17A0 #9317A0

triadic

#4F17A0 #A04F17 #17A04F

tetradic

#4F17A0 #A01723 #68A017 #17A093

square

#4F17A0 #A01723 #68A017 #17A093

split-complementary

#4F17A0 #A09317 #23A017

monochromatic

#1A0835 #350F6A #4F17A0 #691FD6 #8B4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4F17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4F17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F17A0

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F17A0	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.195 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ebd',
    500: '#4f17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f17a0;
$custom-light: #8a5ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.526,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38845,
    "c": 0.19515,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F17A0

secondary

#95C74C

accent

#F136A5

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F17A0

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

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