#4F187A#4F187A

#4F187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.155 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F187A
RGB	rgb(79, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, 43.29, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 62.09, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0887 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.155 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.0631, 3.7207, 18.7546)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.39

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F187A #437A18

analogous

#1E187A #4F187A #7A1874

triadic

#4F187A #7A4F18 #187A4F

tetradic

#4F187A #7A1E18 #437A18 #18747A

square

#4F187A #7A1E18 #437A18 #18747A

split-complementary

#4F187A #747A18 #187A1E

monochromatic

#11051A #2E0E47 #4F187A #7022AD #9035D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4F187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4F187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F187A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F187A	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.155 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca1',
    500: '#4f187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f187a;
$custom-light: #855ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35346,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F187A

secondary

#70AF3F

accent

#EA3E89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F187A

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

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