#4F2872#4F2872

#4F2872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.124 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2872
RGB	rgb(79, 40, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 64.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 33.33, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 48.93, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0719 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.124 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0198, 4.3948, 16.3948)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F2872 #4B7228

analogous

#2A2872 #4F2872 #722870

triadic

#4F2872 #724F28 #28724F

tetradic

#4F2872 #722A28 #4B7228 #287072

square

#4F2872 #722A28 #4B7228 #287072

split-complementary

#4F2872 #707228 #28722A

monochromatic

#100817 #301845 #4F2872 #6E389F #8D52C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4F2872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4F2872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2872

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2872	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 40, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.124 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649b',
    500: '#4f2872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2872;
$custom-light: #83649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36726,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2872

secondary

#79A452

accent

#D85090

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2872

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

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