#4F1B8A#4F1B8A

#4F1B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.169 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1B8A
RGB	rgb(79, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 46.05, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 69.14, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0815 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.169 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2027, 4.2810, 24.4340)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1B8A #568A1B

analogous

#1B1F8A #4F1B8A #871B8A

triadic

#4F1B8A #8A4F1B #1B8A4F

tetradic

#4F1B8A #8A1B1F #568A1B #1B8A87

square

#4F1B8A #8A1B1F #568A1B #1B8A87

split-complementary

#4F1B8A #8A871B #1F8A1B

monochromatic

#140724 #321157 #4F1B8A #6C25BD #8B45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4F1B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F1B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1B8A

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1B8A	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.169 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ead',
    500: '#4f1b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1b8a;
$custom-light: #875ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.108,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37081,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1B8A

secondary

#84BC45

accent

#EA3E99

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1B8A

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

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