#4F238E#4F238E

#4F238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.164 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F238E
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 43.47, -51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 67.31, 310.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0734 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.164 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7067, 4.8171, 26.0570)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F238E #628E23

analogous

#232C8E #4F238E #85238E

triadic

#4F238E #8E4F23 #238E4F

tetradic

#4F238E #8E232C #628E23 #238E85

square

#4F238E #8E232C #628E23 #238E85

split-complementary

#4F238E #8E8523 #2C8E23

monochromatic

#180B2C #34175D #4F238E #6A2FBF #8A56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4F238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4F238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F238E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F238E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.164 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b0',
    500: '#4f238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f238e;
$custom-light: #8762b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38334,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F238E

secondary

#8FB953

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F238E

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

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