#4F228B#4F228B

#4F228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.162 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F228B
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 43.15, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 66.23, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.075 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.162 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4555, 4.6702, 24.8771)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F228B #5E8B22

analogous

#222A8B #4F228B #84228B

triadic

#4F228B #8B4F22 #228B4F

tetradic

#4F228B #8B222A #5E8B22 #228B84

square

#4F228B #8B222A #5E8B22 #228B84

split-complementary

#4F228B #8B8422 #2A8B22

monochromatic

#170A29 #33165A #4F228B #6B2EBC #8A53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4F228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4F228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F228B

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F228B	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.162 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ae',
    500: '#4f228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f228b;
$custom-light: #8662ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37947,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F228B

secondary

#8CB850

accent

#E4449F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F228B

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

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