#4F228F#4F228F

#4F228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.167 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F228F
RGB	rgb(79, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 44.22, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 68.37, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.074 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.167 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7531, 4.7893, 26.4445)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F228F #628F22

analogous

#222B8F #4F228F #86228F

triadic

#4F228F #8F4F22 #228F4F

tetradic

#4F228F #8F222B #628F22 #228F86

square

#4F228F #8F222B #628F22 #228F86

split-complementary

#4F228F #8F8622 #2B8F22

monochromatic

#180A2C #34165E #4F228F #6A2EC0 #8A55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4F228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4F228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F228F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F228F	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.167 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b1',
    500: '#4f228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f228f;
$custom-light: #8762b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.771,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38303,
    "c": 0.16666,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F228F

secondary

#8FBA52

accent

#E543A2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F228F

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

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