#4F197A#4F197A

#4F197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.154 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F197A
RGB	rgb(79, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 42.87, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 61.63, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0878 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.154 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0841, 3.7627, 18.7616)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F197A #447A19

analogous

#1F197A #4F197A #7A1975

triadic

#4F197A #7A4F19 #197A4F

tetradic

#4F197A #7A1F19 #447A19 #19757A

square

#4F197A #7A1F19 #447A19 #19757A

split-complementary

#4F197A #757A19 #197A1F

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F47 #4F197A #7023AD #9037D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4F197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4F197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F197A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F197A	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.154 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca1',
    500: '#4f197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f197a;
$custom-light: #855ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.402,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35448,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F197A

secondary

#71AF40

accent

#E93F8A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F197A

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

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