#4F236D#4F236D

#4F236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.126 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F236D
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(276, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 34.81, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 49.23, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0788 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.126 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5852, 3.9686, 14.8841)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F236D #416D23

analogous

#2A236D #4F236D #6D2366

triadic

#4F236D #6D4F23 #236D4F

tetradic

#4F236D #6D2A23 #416D23 #23666D

square

#4F236D #6D2A23 #416D23 #23666D

split-complementary

#4F236D #666D23 #236D2A

monochromatic

#110717 #2D143F #4F236D #71329B #9147C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4F236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4F236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F236D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F236D	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.126 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836197',
    500: '#4f236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f236d;
$custom-light: #836197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35622,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F236D

secondary

#6EA04B

accent

#DB4D86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F236D

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

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