#4F217F#4F217F

#4F217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.150 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F217F
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 40.46, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 60.26, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0787 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.15 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5981, 4.2823, 20.5008)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F217F #517F21

analogous

#21227F #4F217F #7E217F

triadic

#4F217F #7F4F21 #217F4F

tetradic

#4F217F #7F2122 #517F21 #217F7E

square

#4F217F #7F2122 #517F21 #217F7E

split-complementary

#4F217F #7F7E21 #227F21

monochromatic

#13081E #31144E #4F217F #6D2EB0 #8C4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4F217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F217F

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F217F	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.150 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a5',
    500: '#4f217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f217f;
$custom-light: #8561a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36787,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F217F

secondary

#7FB24A

accent

#E24696

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F217F

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

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