#4F3799#4F3799

#4F3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.152 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F3799
RGB	rgb(79, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 35.66, -50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 61.57, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0508 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.152 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3388, 6.6941, 30.8782)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F3799 #819937

analogous

#375099 #4F3799 #803799

triadic

#4F3799 #994F37 #37994F

tetradic

#4F3799 #993750 #819937 #379980

square

#4F3799 #993750 #819937 #379980

split-complementary

#4F3799 #998037 #509937

monochromatic

#21173F #38276C #4F3799 #6A4EBF #907BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4F3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4F3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F3799

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F3799	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.152 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876fb8',
    500: '#4f3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f3799;
$custom-light: #876fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42123,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F3799

secondary

#A8B973

accent

#D751B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F3799

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

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