#4F277D#4F277D

#4F277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.139 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F277D
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 36.81, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 55.73, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0722 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.139 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6508, 4.5939, 19.8817)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F277D #557D27

analogous

#272A7D #4F277D #7A277D

triadic

#4F277D #7D4F27 #277D4F

tetradic

#4F277D #7D272A #557D27 #277D7A

square

#4F277D #7D272A #557D27 #277D7A

split-complementary

#4F277D #7D7A27 #2A7D27

monochromatic

#140A20 #32184E #4F277D #6C36AC #8B55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#4F277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4F277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F277D

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F277D	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.139 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a3',
    500: '#4f277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f277d;
$custom-light: #8464a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.907,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37424,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F277D

secondary

#83AF51

accent

#DC4C99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F277D

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

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