#4F237E#4F237E

#4F237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.146 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F237E
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 39.19, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 58.61, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0767 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.146 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5905, 4.3707, 20.1783)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F237E #527E23

analogous

#23257E #4F237E #7D237E

triadic

#4F237E #7E4F23 #237E4F

tetradic

#4F237E #7E2325 #527E23 #237E7D

square

#4F237E #7E2325 #527E23 #237E7D

split-complementary

#4F237E #7E7D23 #257E23

monochromatic

#13081E #31164E #4F237E #6D30AE #8C4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4F237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4F237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F237E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F237E	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.146 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a4',
    500: '#4f237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f237e;
$custom-light: #8562a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36959,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F237E

secondary

#80B04C

accent

#E04896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F237E

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

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