#4F1979#4F1979

#4F1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.153 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1979
RGB	rgb(79, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 42.63, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 61.10, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.36% 0.088 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.36% 0.153 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0225, 3.7380, 18.4370)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1979 #437919

analogous

#1F1979 #4F1979 #791973

triadic

#4F1979 #794F19 #19794F

tetradic

#4F1979 #791F19 #437919 #197379

square

#4F1979 #791F19 #437919 #197379

split-complementary

#4F1979 #737919 #19791F

monochromatic

#110519 #2E0F46 #4F1979 #7023AC #9037D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4F1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4F1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1979

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1979	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.153 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca0',
    500: '#4f1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1979;
$custom-light: #855ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35362,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1979

secondary

#70AE40

accent

#E93F89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1979

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

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