#4F238C#4F238C

#4F238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.162 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F238C
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 42.93, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 66.24, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0738 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.162 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5579, 4.7576, 25.2733)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F238C #608C23

analogous

#232C8C #4F238C #84238C

triadic

#4F238C #8C4F23 #238C4F

tetradic

#4F238C #8C232C #608C23 #238C84

square

#4F238C #8C232C #608C23 #238C84

split-complementary

#4F238C #8C8423 #2C8C23

monochromatic

#180B2A #33175B #4F238C #6B2FBD #8A55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#4F238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4F238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F238C

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F238C	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.162 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ae',
    500: '#4f238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f238c;
$custom-light: #8662ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38156,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F238C

secondary

#8EB852

accent

#E345A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F238C

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

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