#4F258B#4F258B

#4F258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.159 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F258B
RGB	rgb(79, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 41.66, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 64.61, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0721 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.159 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.5450, 4.8493, 24.9069)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F258B #618B25

analogous

#252E8B #4F258B #82258B

triadic

#4F258B #8B4F25 #258B4F

tetradic

#4F258B #8B252E #618B25 #258B82

square

#4F258B #8B252E #618B25 #258B82

split-complementary

#4F258B #8B8225 #2E8B25

monochromatic

#180B2A #34185B #4F258B #6A32BB #8A58D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4F258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4F258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F258B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F258B	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.159 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ae',
    500: '#4f258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f258b;
$custom-light: #8663ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38319,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F258B

secondary

#8FB755

accent

#E147A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F258B

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

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