#4B257D#4B257D

#4B257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.141 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B257D
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 37.02, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 56.99, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0686 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.141 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.2640, 4.2996, 19.8453)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B257D #577D25

analogous

#252B7D #4B257D #77257D

triadic

#4B257D #7D4B25 #257D4B

tetradic

#4B257D #7D252B #577D25 #257D77

square

#4B257D #7D252B #577D25 #257D77

split-complementary

#4B257D #7D7725 #2B7D25

monochromatic

#12091F #2F174E #4B257D #6733AC #8651CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4B257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4B257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B257D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B257D	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.141 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a3',
    500: '#4b257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b257d;
$custom-light: #8262a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36659,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B257D

secondary

#85AF4F

accent

#DE4A9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B257D

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

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