#4F217B#4F217B

#4F217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.145 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F217B
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 39.42, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 58.08, 312.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0794 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.145 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3426, 4.1800, 19.1550)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F217B #4D7B21

analogous

#22217B #4F217B #7B217A

triadic

#4F217B #7B4F21 #217B4F

tetradic

#4F217B #7B2221 #4D7B21 #217A7B

square

#4F217B #7B2221 #4D7B21 #217A7B

split-complementary

#4F217B #7A7B21 #217B22

monochromatic

#11071A #30144B #4F217B #6E2EAB #8D48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4F217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4F217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F217B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F217B	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.145 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a2',
    500: '#4f217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f217b;
$custom-light: #8560a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36454,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F217B

secondary

#7BAE4A

accent

#E14792

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F217B

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

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