#4A256B#4A256B

#4A256B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.119 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A256B
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 31.92, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 46.81, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0689 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.119 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1389, 3.8406, 14.3250)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A256B #466B25

analogous

#27256B #4A256B #6B2569

triadic

#4A256B #6B4A25 #256B4A

tetradic

#4A256B #6B2725 #466B25 #25696B

square

#4A256B #6B2725 #466B25 #25696B

split-complementary

#4A256B #696B25 #256B27

monochromatic

#100817 #2B153E #4A256B #693598 #894AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4A256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A256B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A256B	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.119 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6296',
    500: '#4a256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a256b;
$custom-light: #7f6296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35114,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A256B

secondary

#749E4E

accent

#D85090

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A256B

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

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