#4F2272#4F2272

#4F2272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.133 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2272
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 36.60, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 52.58, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0796 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.133 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8331, 4.0213, 16.3325)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2272 #457222

analogous

#272272 #4F2272 #72226D

triadic

#4F2272 #724F22 #22724F

tetradic

#4F2272 #722722 #457222 #226D72

square

#4F2272 #722722 #457222 #226D72

split-complementary

#4F2272 #6D7222 #227227

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1443 #4F2272 #7030A1 #8F46C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#4F2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4F2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2272

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2272	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.133 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84619b',
    500: '#4f2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2272;
$custom-light: #84619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35864,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2272

secondary

#72A54B

accent

#DD4A8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2272

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

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