#4F257B#4F257B

#4F257B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.140 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F257B
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 37.36, -41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 55.80, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0749 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.14 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4603, 4.4154, 19.1943)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F257B #517B25

analogous

#25267B #4F257B #7A257B

triadic

#4F257B #7B4F25 #257B4F

tetradic

#4F257B #7B2526 #517B25 #257B7A

square

#4F257B #7B2526 #517B25 #257B7A

split-complementary

#4F257B #7B7A25 #267B25

monochromatic

#13091D #31174C #4F257B #6D33AA #8C50CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4F257B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4F257B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F257B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F257B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F257B	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f257b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.140 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a2',
    500: '#4f257b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f257b;
$custom-light: #8463a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f257b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 53.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36984,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F257B

secondary

#7FAD4F

accent

#DD4B96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F257B

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

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