#4F197B#4F197B

#4F197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.155 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F197B
RGB	rgb(79, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 43.12, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 62.16, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0875 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.155 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1464, 3.7876, 19.0896)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F197B #457B19

analogous

#1E197B #4F197B #7B1976

triadic

#4F197B #7B4F19 #197B4F

tetradic

#4F197B #7B1E19 #457B19 #19767B

square

#4F197B #7B1E19 #457B19 #19767B

split-complementary

#4F197B #767B19 #197B1E

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F48 #4F197B #7023AE #8F38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4F197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4F197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F197B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F197B	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.155 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca2',
    500: '#4f197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f197b;
$custom-light: #855ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35535,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F197B

secondary

#72AF40

accent

#E93F8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F197B

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

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