#4F2279#4F2279

#4F2279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.141 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2279
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 38.40, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 56.43, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0786 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.141 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2469, 4.1868, 18.5118)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2279 #4C7922

analogous

#232279 #4F2279 #792278

triadic

#4F2279 #794F22 #22794F

tetradic

#4F2279 #792322 #4C7922 #227879

square

#4F2279 #792322 #4C7922 #227879

split-complementary

#4F2279 #787922 #227923

monochromatic

#110719 #301549 #4F2279 #6E2FA9 #8D49CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4F2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4F2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2279

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2279	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.141 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a0',
    500: '#4f2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2279;
$custom-light: #8461a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.034,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36419,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2279

secondary

#7AAC4B

accent

#DF4891

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2279

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

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