#4F2173#4F2173

#4F2173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.136 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2173
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 37.37, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 53.70, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0806 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.136 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8622, 3.9879, 16.6246)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2173 #457321

analogous

#262173 #4F2173 #73216E

triadic

#4F2173 #734F21 #21734F

tetradic

#4F2173 #732621 #457321 #216E73

square

#4F2173 #732621 #457321 #216E73

split-complementary

#4F2173 #6E7321 #217326

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1343 #4F2173 #702FA3 #8F45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4F2173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4F2173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2173

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2173	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.136 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84609c',
    500: '#4f2173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2173;
$custom-light: #84609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35809,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2173

secondary

#72A649

accent

#DF498B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2173

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

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