#4F187D#4F187D

#4F187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.158 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F187D
RGB	rgb(79, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 44.02, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 63.67, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.0879 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.158 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2519, 3.7962, 19.7488)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F187D #467D18

analogous

#1D187D #4F187D #7D1879

triadic

#4F187D #7D4F18 #187D4F

tetradic

#4F187D #7D1D18 #467D18 #18797D

square

#4F187D #7D1D18 #467D18 #18797D

split-complementary

#4F187D #797D18 #187D1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4A #4F187D #6F22B0 #8F37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4F187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F187D

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F187D	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.158 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca3',
    500: '#4f187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f187d;
$custom-light: #855ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.673,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35609,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F187D

secondary

#73B23F

accent

#EB3D8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F187D

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

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