#4F2185#4F2185

#4F2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.156 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2185
RGB	rgb(79, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 42.04, -47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 63.52, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0774 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.156 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0009, 4.4433, 22.6219)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2185 #578521

analogous

#212585 #4F2185 #812185

triadic

#4F2185 #854F21 #21854F

tetradic

#4F2185 #852125 #578521 #218581

square

#4F2185 #852125 #578521 #218581

split-complementary

#4F2185 #858121 #258521

monochromatic

#150923 #321554 #4F2185 #6C2DB6 #8B4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4F2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4F2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2185

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2185	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.156 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a9',
    500: '#4f2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2185;
$custom-light: #8661a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.373,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2185

secondary

#85B64C

accent

#E3449A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2185

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

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