#4F227D#4F227D

#4F227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.146 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F227D
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 39.44, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 58.62, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.078 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.146 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4973, 4.2870, 19.8305)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F227D #507D22

analogous

#22227D #4F227D #7C227D

triadic

#4F227D #7D4F22 #227D4F

tetradic

#4F227D #7D2222 #507D22 #227D7C

square

#4F227D #7D2222 #507D22 #227D7C

split-complementary

#4F227D #7D7C22 #227D22

monochromatic

#12081D #31154D #4F227D #6D2FAD #8C4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4F227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F227D

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F227D	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.146 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a3',
    500: '#4f227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f227d;
$custom-light: #8561a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36747,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F227D

secondary

#7EB04B

accent

#E04795

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F227D

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

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