#4F279B#4F279B

#4F279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.175 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F279B
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 45.06, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 72.17, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0665 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.175 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8647, 5.4795, 31.5419)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F279B #739B27

analogous

#27399B #4F279B #89279B

triadic

#4F279B #9B4F27 #279B4F

tetradic

#4F279B #9B2739 #739B27 #279B89

square

#4F279B #9B2739 #739B27 #279B89

split-complementary

#4F279B #9B8927 #399B27

monochromatic

#1D0E39 #361B6A #4F279B #6833CC #8C64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#4F279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4F279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F279B

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F279B	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.175 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865b9',
    500: '#4f279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f279b;
$custom-light: #8865b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39996,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F279B

secondary

#9DBE60

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F279B

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

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