#4F197D#4F197D

#4F197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.157 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F197D
RGB	rgb(79, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 43.61, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 63.21, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.087 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.157 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2729, 3.8382, 19.7558)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F197D #477D19

analogous

#1D197D #4F197D #7D1979

triadic

#4F197D #7D4F19 #197D4F

tetradic

#4F197D #7D1D19 #477D19 #19797D

square

#4F197D #7D1D19 #477D19 #19797D

split-complementary

#4F197D #797D19 #197D1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0F4A #4F197D #6F23B0 #8F39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4F197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4F197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F197D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F197D	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	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: #4f197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.157 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca3',
    500: '#4f197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f197d;
$custom-light: #855ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35709,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F197D

secondary

#74B140

accent

#EA3E8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F197D

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

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