#4F187C#4F187C

#4F187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.157 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F187C
RGB	rgb(79, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.90, 43.78, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.90, 63.14, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0881 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.157 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1883, 3.7708, 19.4140)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F187C #457C18

analogous

#1D187C #4F187C #7C1877

triadic

#4F187C #7C4F18 #187C4F

tetradic

#4F187C #7C1D18 #457C18 #18777C

square

#4F187C #7C1D18 #457C18 #18777C

split-complementary

#4F187C #777C18 #187C1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E49 #4F187C #7022AF #8F36D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#4F187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4F187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F187C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F187C	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.157 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca3',
    500: '#4f187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f187c;
$custom-light: #855ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35521,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F187C

secondary

#72B13F

accent

#EA3D8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F187C

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

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