#4F237C#4F237C

#4F237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.144 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F237C
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 38.67, -42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 57.51, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.077 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.144 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4627, 4.3196, 19.5055)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F237C #507C23

analogous

#23237C #4F237C #7B237C

triadic

#4F237C #7C4F23 #237C4F

tetradic

#4F237C #7C2323 #507C23 #237C7B

square

#4F237C #7C2323 #507C23 #237C7B

split-complementary

#4F237C #7C7B23 #237C23

monochromatic

#12081D #31164C #4F237C #6D30AC #8C4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4F237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4F237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F237C

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F237C	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.144 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a3',
    500: '#4f237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f237c;
$custom-light: #8562a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36795,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F237C

secondary

#7EAF4C

accent

#DF4995

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F237C

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

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