#4F238D#4F238D
#4F238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.163 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #4F238D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(79, 35, 141) |
| HSL | hsl(265, 60%, 35%) |
| HSV | hsv(265, 75%, 55%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(44%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(26.12, 43.20, -50.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(26.12, 66.78, 310.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(38.25% 0.0736 -0.1457) |
| OKLCH | oklch(38.25% 0.163 296.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.6319, 4.7872, 25.6634) |
| Luminance | 0.0479 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Indigo
#4B0082
ΔE00 5.03
Rebeccapurple
#663399
ΔE00 5.46
Indigo (survey)
#380282
ΔE00 6.20
Indigo Blue
#3A18B1
ΔE00 6.39
Royal Purple (survey)
#4B006E
ΔE00 7.06
Darkslateblue
#483D8B
ΔE00 7.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#4F238D #618D23
analogous
#232C8D #4F238D #84238D
triadic
#4F238D #8D4F23 #238D4F
tetradic
#4F238D #8D232C #618D23 #238D84
square
#4F238D #8D232C #618D23 #238D84
split-complementary
#4F238D #8D8423 #2C8D23
monochromatic
#180B2B #34175C #4F238D #6A2FBE #8A55D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
10.73
#4F238D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.96
#4F238D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #4F238D
10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##4F238D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##4F238D | 1.00 | 10.73 | 1.96 | 10.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 10.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 10.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#003E90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003C8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3F3E56
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3E3E3E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #4f238d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 141); /* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.163 296.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8662af',
500: '#4f238d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #4f238d; $custom-light: #8662af; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#4f238d",
"rgb": {
"r": 79,
"g": 35,
"b": 141
},
"hsl": {
"h": 264.906,
"s": 60.227,
"l": 34.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.38245,
"c": 0.16323,
"h": 296.8
},
"luminance": 0.04787
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#4F238D
secondary
#8FB953
accent
#E344A1
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#F0EBF5
border
#CBC6CF
text
#0C0510
muted
#7D7A7F