#4F38AC#4F38AC

#4F38AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.176 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F38AC
RGB	rgb(79, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 40.85, -58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 71.60, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.0476 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.176 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0828, 7.4685, 39.8266)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.99

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F38AC #95AC38

analogous

#385BAC #4F38AC #8938AC

triadic

#4F38AC #AC4F38 #38AC4F

tetradic

#4F38AC #AC385B #95AC38 #38AC89

square

#4F38AC #AC385B #95AC38 #38AC89

split-complementary

#4F38AC #AC8938 #5BAC38

monochromatic

#251A50 #3A297E #4F38AC #6F58C9 #9787D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#4F38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4F38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F38AC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F38AC	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.176 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8970c6',
    500: '#4f38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f38ac;
$custom-light: #8970c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.897,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43868,
    "c": 0.17552,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F38AC

secondary

#B4C27E

accent

#DA4DBE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F38AC

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

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