#4A257E#4A257E

#4A257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.142 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A257E
RGB	rgb(74, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 37.09, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 57.58, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0669 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.142 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.2505, 4.2852, 20.1798)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A257E #597E25

analogous

#252D7E #4A257E #77257E

triadic

#4A257E #7E4A25 #257E4A

tetradic

#4A257E #7E252D #597E25 #257E77

square

#4A257E #7E252D #597E25 #257E77

split-complementary

#4A257E #7E7725 #2D7E25

monochromatic

#12091F #2E174F #4A257E #6633AD #8451CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4A257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4A257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A257E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A257E	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.142 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162a4',
    500: '#4a257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a257e;
$custom-light: #8162a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36624,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A257E

secondary

#88B04F

accent

#DE4AA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A257E

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

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