#4B257A#4B257A

#4B257A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.138 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B257A
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 36.20, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 55.31, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.069 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.138 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0752, 4.2241, 18.8512)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B257A #547A25

analogous

#25297A #4B257A #75257A

triadic

#4B257A #7A4B25 #257A4B

tetradic

#4B257A #7A2529 #547A25 #257A75

square

#4B257A #7A2529 #547A25 #257A75

split-complementary

#4B257A #7A7525 #297A25

monochromatic

#11091C #2E174B #4B257A #6833A9 #8650CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4B257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4B257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B257A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B257A	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.138 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a1',
    500: '#4b257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b257a;
$custom-light: #8262a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.824,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36412,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B257A

secondary

#82AC4E

accent

#DD4B9C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B257A

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

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