#4F2179#4F2179

#4F2179 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.143 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2179
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 38.91, -41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 56.99, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0798 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.143 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.2187, 4.1305, 18.5024)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2179 #4B7921

analogous

#232179 #4F2179 #792177

triadic

#4F2179 #794F21 #21794F

tetradic

#4F2179 #792321 #4B7921 #217779

square

#4F2179 #792321 #4B7921 #217779

split-complementary

#4F2179 #777921 #217923

monochromatic

#100719 #301449 #4F2179 #6E2EA9 #8D47CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4F2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4F2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2179

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2179	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.143 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a0',
    500: '#4f2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2179;
$custom-light: #8460a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3629,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2179

secondary

#79AC4A

accent

#E04790

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2179

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

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