#4F278B#4F278B

#4F278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.156 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F278B
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 40.63, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 63.48, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.07 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.156 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6089, 4.9772, 24.9282)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F278B #638B27

analogous

#27318B #4F278B #81278B

triadic

#4F278B #8B4F27 #278B4F

tetradic

#4F278B #8B2731 #638B27 #278B81

square

#4F278B #8B2731 #638B27 #278B81

split-complementary

#4F278B #8B8127 #318B27

monochromatic

#190C2B #341A5B #4F278B #6A34BB #8A5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4F278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4F278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F278B

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F278B	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.156 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665ae',
    500: '#4f278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f278b;
$custom-light: #8665ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38581,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F278B

secondary

#90B658

accent

#DF48A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F278B

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

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