#4F1E79#4F1E79

#4F1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.147 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F1E79
RGB	rgb(79, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 40.37, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 58.61, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.083 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.147 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1391, 3.9713, 18.4759)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F1E79 #48791E

analogous

#221E79 #4F1E79 #791E76

triadic

#4F1E79 #794F1E #1E794F

tetradic

#4F1E79 #79221E #48791E #1E7679

square

#4F1E79 #79221E #48791E #1E7679

split-complementary

#4F1E79 #76791E #1E7922

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1248 #4F1E79 #6F2AAA #8E41D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#4F1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4F1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F1E79

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F1E79	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.147 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa0',
    500: '#4f1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f1e79;
$custom-light: #855fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35919,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F1E79

secondary

#75AD46

accent

#E3448E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F1E79

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

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