#4F257D#4F257D

#4F257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.142 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F257D
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 37.89, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 56.91, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0746 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.142 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5868, 4.4660, 19.8604)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F257D #537D25

analogous

#25277D #4F257D #7B257D

triadic

#4F257D #7D4F25 #257D4F

tetradic

#4F257D #7D2527 #537D25 #257D7B

square

#4F257D #7D2527 #537D25 #257D7B

split-complementary

#4F257D #7D7B25 #277D25

monochromatic

#13091F #31174E #4F257D #6D33AC #8B51CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4F257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4F257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F257D

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F257D	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.142 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563a3',
    500: '#4f257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f257d;
$custom-light: #8563a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37145,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F257D

secondary

#81AF4F

accent

#DE4A97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F257D

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

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