#4F1B8B#4F1B8B

#4F1B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.170 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1B8B
RGB	rgb(79, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 46.30, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 69.66, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0812 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.17 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2754, 4.3101, 24.8170)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1B8B #578B1B

analogous

#1B1F8B #4F1B8B #871B8B

triadic

#4F1B8B #8B4F1B #1B8B4F

tetradic

#4F1B8B #8B1B1F #578B1B #1B8B87

square

#4F1B8B #8B1B1F #578B1B #1B8B87

split-complementary

#4F1B8B #8B871B #1F8B1B

monochromatic

#150725 #321158 #4F1B8B #6C25BE #8B45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4F1B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F1B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1B8B

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1B8B	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.170 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875eae',
    500: '#4f1b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1b8b;
$custom-light: #875eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37173,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1B8B

secondary

#85BC45

accent

#EA3D9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1B8B

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

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