#4F237B#4F237B

#4F237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.142 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F237B
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 38.41, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 56.96, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0772 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.142 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3998, 4.2944, 19.1741)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F237B #4F7B23

analogous

#23237B #4F237B #7B237B

triadic

#4F237B #7B4F23 #237B4F

tetradic

#4F237B #7B2323 #4F7B23 #237B7B

square

#4F237B #7B2323 #4F7B23 #237B7B

split-complementary

#4F237B #7B7B23 #237B23

monochromatic

#12081C #30154B #4F237B #6E31AB #8C4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4F237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F237B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F237B	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.142 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a2',
    500: '#4f237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f237b;
$custom-light: #8462a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36713,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F237B

secondary

#7DAE4C

accent

#DF4994

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F237B

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

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