#4F37A3#4F37A3

#4F37A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.165 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F37A3
RGB	rgb(79, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 38.69, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 67.21, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.0498 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.165 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1996, 7.0385, 35.4117)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#4F37A3 #8BA337

analogous

#3755A3 #4F37A3 #8537A3

triadic

#4F37A3 #A34F37 #37A34F

tetradic

#4F37A3 #A33755 #8BA337 #37A385

square

#4F37A3 #A33755 #8BA337 #37A385

split-complementary

#4F37A3 #A38537 #55A337

monochromatic

#231847 #392875 #4F37A3 #6C52C5 #9380D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4F37A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4F37A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F37A3

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F37A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F37A3	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#305268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f37a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.165 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886fbf',
    500: '#4f37a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f37a3;
$custom-light: #886fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f37a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42947,
    "c": 0.16531,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F37A3

secondary

#AEBE78

accent

#D94FBA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F37A3

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

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