#4B255C#4B255C

#4B255C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.101 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B255C
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 59.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, 28.36, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 38.34, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.0702 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.101 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4947, 3.5919, 10.5270)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B255C #365C25

analogous

#30255C #4B255C #5C2551

triadic

#4B255C #5C4B25 #255C4B

tetradic

#4B255C #5C3025 #365C25 #25515C

square

#4B255C #5C3025 #365C25 #25515C

split-complementary

#4B255C #515C25 #255C30

monochromatic

#120916 #271330 #4B255C #6F3788 #9248B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4B255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4B255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B255C

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B255C	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24365B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.101 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f618a',
    500: '#4b255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b255c;
$custom-light: #7f618a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 42.636,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34192,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B255C

secondary

#628F4D

accent

#D2557C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEEAF0

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B255C

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

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