#4F2178#4F2178

#4F2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.142 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2178
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 38.65, -41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 56.44, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0799 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.142 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1577, 4.1061, 18.1811)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2178 #4A7821

analogous

#232178 #4F2178 #782176

triadic

#4F2178 #784F21 #21784F

tetradic

#4F2178 #782321 #4A7821 #217678

square

#4F2178 #782321 #4A7821 #217678

split-complementary

#4F2178 #767821 #217823

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1448 #4F2178 #6F2EA8 #8E47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4F2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4F2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2178

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2178	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.142 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a0',
    500: '#4f2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2178;
$custom-light: #8460a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36209,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2178

secondary

#78AB4A

accent

#E04890

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2178

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

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