#4F2572#4F2572

#4F2572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.129 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2572
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 35.00, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 50.79, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0758 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.129 306)
XYZ	xyz(6.9226, 4.2004, 16.3624)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2572 #487225

analogous

#292572 #4F2572 #72256F

triadic

#4F2572 #724F25 #25724F

tetradic

#4F2572 #722925 #487225 #256F72

square

#4F2572 #722925 #487225 #256F72

split-complementary

#4F2572 #6F7225 #257229

monochromatic

#100717 #2F1644 #4F2572 #6F34A0 #8E4CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4F2572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4F2572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2572

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2572	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.129 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629b',
    500: '#4f2572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2572;
$custom-light: #83629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36283,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2572

secondary

#75A54E

accent

#DA4D8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2572

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

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