#4F38AA#4F38AA

#4F38AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.173 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38AA
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 40.24, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 70.49, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.0479 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.173 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8922, 7.3923, 38.8226)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38AA #93AA38

analogous

#385AAA #4F38AA #8838AA

triadic

#4F38AA #AA4F38 #38AA4F

tetradic

#4F38AA #AA385A #93AA38 #38AA88

square

#4F38AA #AA385A #93AA38 #38AA88

split-complementary

#4F38AA #AA8838 #5AAA38

monochromatic

#241A4E #3A297C #4F38AA #6E57C8 #9685D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4F38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4F38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38AA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38AA	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.173 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c4',
    500: '#4f38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38aa;
$custom-light: #8970c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43696,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38AA

secondary

#B3C17D

accent

#DA4EBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38AA

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

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