#4A256F#4A256F

#4A256F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.124 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A256F
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 111)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 32.98, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 49.09, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0687 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.124 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3542, 3.9267, 15.4590)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A256F #4A6F25

analogous

#25256F #4A256F #6F256F

triadic

#4A256F #6F4A25 #256F4A

tetradic

#4A256F #6F2525 #4A6F25 #256F6F

square

#4A256F #6F2525 #4A6F25 #256F6F

split-complementary

#4A256F #6F6F25 #256F25

monochromatic

#0F0817 #2B1641 #4A256F #69349D #874BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4A256F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4A256F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A256F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A256F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A256F	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F386D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a256f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.124 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806299',
    500: '#4a256f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a256f;
$custom-light: #806299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a256f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35417,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A256F

secondary

#78A24E

accent

#DA4E94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A256F

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

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