#4F237D#4F237D

#4F237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.145 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F237D
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 38.93, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 58.06, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0769 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.145 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5263, 4.3450, 19.8402)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F237D #517D23

analogous

#23247D #4F237D #7C237D

triadic

#4F237D #7D4F23 #237D4F

tetradic

#4F237D #7D2324 #517D23 #237D7C

square

#4F237D #7D2324 #517D23 #237D7C

split-complementary

#4F237D #7D7C23 #247D23

monochromatic

#13081D #31164D #4F237D #6D30AD #8C4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4F237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4F237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F237D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F237D	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.145 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a3',
    500: '#4f237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f237d;
$custom-light: #8562a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F237D

secondary

#7FAF4C

accent

#E04896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F237D

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

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