#4F2579#4F2579

#4F2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.137 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2579
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 36.83, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 54.69, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0751 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.137 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3364, 4.3659, 18.5416)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2579 #4F7925

analogous

#252579 #4F2579 #792579

triadic

#4F2579 #794F25 #25794F

tetradic

#4F2579 #792525 #4F7925 #257979

square

#4F2579 #792525 #4F7925 #257979

split-complementary

#4F2579 #797925 #257925

monochromatic

#12081B #30174A #4F2579 #6E33A8 #8C4FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#4F2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4F2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2579

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2579	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.137 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a0',
    500: '#4f2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2579;
$custom-light: #8463a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36825,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2579

secondary

#7DAB4E

accent

#DD4B94

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2579

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

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