#4F278A#4F278A

#4F278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.155 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F278A
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 40.35, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 62.93, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0702 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.155 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.5362, 4.9481, 24.5452)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F278A #628A27

analogous

#27318A #4F278A #80278A

triadic

#4F278A #8A4F27 #278A4F

tetradic

#4F278A #8A2731 #628A27 #278A80

square

#4F278A #8A2731 #628A27 #278A80

split-complementary

#4F278A #8A8027 #318A27

monochromatic

#180C2B #341A5A #4F278A #6A34BA #8A5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4F278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4F278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F278A

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F278A	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.155 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664ad',
    500: '#4f278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f278a;
$custom-light: #8664ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38496,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F278A

secondary

#8FB657

accent

#DF49A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F278A

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

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