#4F227C#4F227C

#4F227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.145 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F227C
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 39.18, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 58.07, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0781 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.145 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4337, 4.2615, 19.4958)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F227C #4F7C22

analogous

#22227C #4F227C #7C227C

triadic

#4F227C #7C4F22 #227C4F

tetradic

#4F227C #7C2222 #4F7C22 #227C7C

square

#4F227C #7C2222 #4F7C22 #227C7C

split-complementary

#4F227C #7C7C22 #227C22

monochromatic

#12081C #30154C #4F227C #6E2FAC #8C4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4F227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4F227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F227C

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F227C	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.145 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a3',
    500: '#4f227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f227c;
$custom-light: #8561a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36664,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F227C

secondary

#7DAF4B

accent

#E04894

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F227C

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

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