#4F2177#4F2177

#4F2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.140 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2177
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 38.39, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 55.90, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0801 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.14 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0973, 4.0819, 17.8632)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2177 #497721

analogous

#242177 #4F2177 #772174

triadic

#4F2177 #774F21 #21774F

tetradic

#4F2177 #772421 #497721 #217477

square

#4F2177 #772421 #497721 #217477

split-complementary

#4F2177 #747721 #217724

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1447 #4F2177 #6F2EA7 #8E47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4F2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4F2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2177

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2177	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.140 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84609f',
    500: '#4f2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2177;
$custom-light: #84609f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36128,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2177

secondary

#77AA4A

accent

#E0488F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2177

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

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