#4F187E#4F187E

#4F187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.159 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F187E
RGB	rgb(79, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 44.27, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 64.19, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0876 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.159 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3161, 3.8219, 20.0869)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F187E #477E18

analogous

#1C187E #4F187E #7E187A

triadic

#4F187E #7E4F18 #187E4F

tetradic

#4F187E #7E1C18 #477E18 #187A7E

square

#4F187E #7E1C18 #477E18 #187A7E

split-complementary

#4F187E #7A7E18 #187E1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4B #4F187E #6F22B1 #8F37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4F187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F187E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F187E	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.159 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca4',
    500: '#4f187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f187e;
$custom-light: #855ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35698,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F187E

secondary

#74B23F

accent

#EB3D8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F187E

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