#4F228E#4F228E

#4F228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.166 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F228E
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 43.95, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 67.84, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0743 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.166 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6777, 4.7591, 26.0473)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F228E #618E22

analogous

#222B8E #4F228E #85228E

triadic

#4F228E #8E4F22 #228E4F

tetradic

#4F228E #8E222B #618E22 #228E85

square

#4F228E #8E222B #618E22 #228E85

split-complementary

#4F228E #8E8522 #2B8E22

monochromatic

#180A2B #34165D #4F228E #6A2EBF #8A54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#4F228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4F228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F228E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F228E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.166 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b0',
    500: '#4f228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f228e;
$custom-light: #8762b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38214,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F228E

secondary

#8FBA52

accent

#E443A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F228E

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

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