#4B258B#4B258B

#4B258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.158 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B258B
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 40.91, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 64.76, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.066 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.158 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2222, 4.6829, 24.8918)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B258B #658B25

analogous

#25328B #4B258B #7E258B

triadic

#4B258B #8B4B25 #258B4B

tetradic

#4B258B #8B2532 #658B25 #258B7E

square

#4B258B #8B2532 #658B25 #258B7E

split-complementary

#4B258B #8B7E25 #328B25

monochromatic

#170B2A #31185B #4B258B #6532BB #8658D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4B258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4B258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B258B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B258B	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.158 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4b258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b258b;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37861,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B258B

secondary

#92B755

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B258B

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

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