#4B256A#4B256A

#4B256A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.118 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B256A
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 31.91, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 46.25, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0705 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.118 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1642, 3.8597, 14.0531)
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

#4B256A #446A25

analogous

#28256A #4B256A #6A2566

triadic

#4B256A #6A4B25 #256A4B

tetradic

#4B256A #6A2825 #446A25 #25666A

square

#4B256A #6A2825 #446A25 #25666A

split-complementary

#4B256A #666A25 #256A28

monochromatic

#100817 #2B153D #4B256A #6B3597 #8B4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4B256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4B256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B256A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B256A	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)

#02366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.118 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806295',
    500: '#4b256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b256a;
$custom-light: #806295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35168,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B256A

secondary

#719D4E

accent

#D8508D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B256A

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

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