#4F278D#4F278D

#4F278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.158 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F278D
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 41.18, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 64.58, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0697 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.158 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7564, 5.0362, 25.7049)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F278D #658D27

analogous

#27328D #4F278D #82278D

triadic

#4F278D #8D4F27 #278D4F

tetradic

#4F278D #8D2732 #658D27 #278D82

square

#4F278D #8D2732 #658D27 #278D82

split-complementary

#4F278D #8D8227 #328D27

monochromatic

#190C2D #341A5D #4F278D #6A34BD #8B5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4F278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4F278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F278D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F278D	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.158 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665af',
    500: '#4f278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f278d;
$custom-light: #8665af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38753,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F278D

secondary

#92B759

accent

#E048A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F278D

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

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