#4F256E#4F256E

#4F256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.124 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F256E
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 33.98, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 48.56, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0761 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.124 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6999, 4.1113, 15.1894)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F256E #446E25

analogous

#2B256E #4F256E #6E2569

triadic

#4F256E #6E4F25 #256E4F

tetradic

#4F256E #6E2B25 #446E25 #25696E

square

#4F256E #6E2B25 #446E25 #25696E

split-complementary

#4F256E #696E25 #256E2B

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1640 #4F256E #70349C #904BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4F256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4F256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F256E

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F256E	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.124 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836298',
    500: '#4f256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f256e;
$custom-light: #836298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.521,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35983,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F256E

secondary

#71A14E

accent

#D94F89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F256E

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

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