#4F279D#4F279D

#4F279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.177 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F279D
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 45.62, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 73.24, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.066 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.177 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0341, 5.5473, 32.4338)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F279D #759D27

analogous

#273A9D #4F279D #8A279D

triadic

#4F279D #9D4F27 #279D4F

tetradic

#4F279D #9D273A #759D27 #279D8A

square

#4F279D #9D273A #759D27 #279D8A

split-complementary

#4F279D #9D8A27 #3A9D27

monochromatic

#1E0F3B #361B6C #4F279D #6835CD #8D66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4F279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4F279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F279D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F279D	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.177 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bb',
    500: '#4f279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f279d;
$custom-light: #8865bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.339,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40179,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F279D

secondary

#9FBF61

accent

#E344AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F279D

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

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