#4B256E#4B256E

#4B256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.123 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B256E
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 32.97, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 48.53, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0702 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.123 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3771, 3.9448, 15.1743)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B256E #486E25

analogous

#27256E #4B256E #6E256D

triadic

#4B256E #6E4B25 #256E4B

tetradic

#4B256E #6E2725 #486E25 #256D6E

square

#4B256E #6E2725 #486E25 #256D6E

split-complementary

#4B256E #6D6E25 #256E27

monochromatic

#100817 #2C1640 #4B256E #6A349C #894BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4B256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4B256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B256E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B256E	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.123 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806298',
    500: '#4b256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b256e;
$custom-light: #806298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35467,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B256E

secondary

#76A14E

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B256E

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

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