#4F238F#4F238F

#4F238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.166 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F238F
RGB	rgb(79, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 43.74, -51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 67.85, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0731 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.166 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7821, 4.8473, 26.4542)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F238F #638F23

analogous

#232D8F #4F238F #85238F

triadic

#4F238F #8F4F23 #238F4F

tetradic

#4F238F #8F232D #638F23 #238F85

square

#4F238F #8F232D #638F23 #238F85

split-complementary

#4F238F #8F8523 #2D8F23

monochromatic

#190B2D #34175E #4F238F #6A2FC0 #8A57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4F238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4F238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F238F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F238F	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.166 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b1',
    500: '#4f238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f238f;
$custom-light: #8762b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38423,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F238F

secondary

#90BA54

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F238F

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

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