#4A256C#4A256C

#4A256C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.120 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A256C
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 32.18, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 47.38, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0689 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.12 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.1918, 3.8617, 14.6036)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A256C #476C25

analogous

#26256C #4A256C #6C256A

triadic

#4A256C #6C4A25 #256C4A

tetradic

#4A256C #6C2625 #476C25 #256A6C

square

#4A256C #6C2625 #476C25 #256A6C

split-complementary

#4A256C #6A6C25 #256C26

monochromatic

#100817 #2B153E #4A256C #69359A #884AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4A256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4A256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A256C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A256C	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.120 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6297',
    500: '#4a256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a256c;
$custom-light: #7f6297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35189,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A256C

secondary

#759F4E

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A256C

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

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