#4F238A#4F238A

#4F238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.160 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F238A
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 42.39, -49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 65.15, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0743 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.16 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4117, 4.6992, 24.5037)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F238A #5E8A23

analogous

#232B8A #4F238A #83238A

triadic

#4F238A #8A4F23 #238A4F

tetradic

#4F238A #8A232B #5E8A23 #238A83

square

#4F238A #8A232B #5E8A23 #238A83

split-complementary

#4F238A #8A8323 #2B8A23

monochromatic

#170A28 #331759 #4F238A #6B2FBB #8A54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4F238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4F238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F238A

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F238A	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.160 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ad',
    500: '#4f238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f238a;
$custom-light: #8662ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3798,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F238A

secondary

#8CB751

accent

#E3459F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F238A

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

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