#4F2889#4F2889

#4F2889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.152 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F2889
RGB	rgb(79, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 39.55, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 61.81, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0693 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.152 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4974, 4.9858, 24.1767)
Luminance	0.0499 (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

#4F2889 #628928

analogous

#283189 #4F2889 #802889

triadic

#4F2889 #894F28 #28894F

tetradic

#4F2889 #892831 #628928 #288980

square

#4F2889 #892831 #628928 #288980

split-complementary

#4F2889 #898028 #318928

monochromatic

#180C2A #341A5A #4F2889 #6A36B8 #8A5CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4F2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4F2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F2889

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F2889	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.152 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665ac',
    500: '#4f2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f2889;
$custom-light: #8665ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38547,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F2889

secondary

#8FB558

accent

#DE4AA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F2889

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

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