#4A256A#4A256A

#4A256A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.118 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A256A
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 31.65, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 46.24, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.069 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.118 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0866, 3.8196, 14.0495)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A256A #456A25

analogous

#27256A #4A256A #6A2567

triadic

#4A256A #6A4A25 #256A4A

tetradic

#4A256A #6A2725 #456A25 #25676A

square

#4A256A #6A2725 #456A25 #25676A

split-complementary

#4A256A #676A25 #256A27

monochromatic

#100817 #2A153D #4A256A #6A3597 #894AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4A256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4A256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A256A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A256A	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.118 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6295',
    500: '#4a256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a256a;
$custom-light: #7f6295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3504,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A256A

secondary

#739D4E

accent

#D8508F

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A256A

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

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