#4F227B#4F227B

#4F227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.144 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F227B
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 38.92, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 57.53, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0783 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.144 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.3708, 4.2364, 19.1644)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F227B #4E7B22

analogous

#22227B #4F227B #7B227A

triadic

#4F227B #7B4F22 #227B4F

tetradic

#4F227B #7B2222 #4E7B22 #227A7B

square

#4F227B #7B2222 #4E7B22 #227A7B

split-complementary

#4F227B #7A7B22 #227B22

monochromatic

#11071B #30154B #4F227B #6E2FAB #8C4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4F227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4F227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F227B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F227B	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.144 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a2',
    500: '#4f227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f227b;
$custom-light: #8561a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36582,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.04236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F227B

secondary

#7CAE4B

accent

#E04893

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F227B

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

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