#4F2277#4F2277

#4F2277 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.139 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2277
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 71.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 37.88, -40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 55.33, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0789 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.139 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1255, 4.1383, 17.8726)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2277 #4A7722

analogous

#252277 #4F2277 #772274

triadic

#4F2277 #774F22 #22774F

tetradic

#4F2277 #772522 #4A7722 #227477

square

#4F2277 #772522 #4A7722 #227477

split-complementary

#4F2277 #747722 #227725

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1447 #4F2277 #6F30A7 #8E49CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4F2277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4F2277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2277

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2277	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.139 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84619f',
    500: '#4f2277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2277;
$custom-light: #84619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36258,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2277

secondary

#78AA4B

accent

#DF498F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2277

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →