#4F2491#4F2491

#4F2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.167 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2491
RGB	rgb(79, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 43.79, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 68.40, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0717 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.167 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9648, 4.9681, 27.2692)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.66

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2491 #669124

analogous

#242F91 #4F2491 #852491

triadic

#4F2491 #914F24 #24914F

tetradic

#4F2491 #91242F #669124 #249185

square

#4F2491 #91242F #669124 #249185

split-complementary

#4F2491 #918524 #2F9124

monochromatic

#1A0C2F #341860 #4F2491 #6A30C2 #8B59D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4F2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4F2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2491

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2491	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.167 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b2',
    500: '#4f2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2491;
$custom-light: #8763b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.67,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38723,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2491

secondary

#93BA56

accent

#E344A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2491

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

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