#4B258C#4B258C

#4B258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.159 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B258C
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 41.19, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 65.31, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0658 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.159 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2956, 4.7122, 25.2783)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B258C #668C25

analogous

#25338C #4B258C #7F258C

triadic

#4B258C #8C4B25 #258C4B

tetradic

#4B258C #8C2533 #668C25 #258C7F

square

#4B258C #8C2533 #668C25 #258C7F

split-complementary

#4B258C #8C7F25 #338C25

monochromatic

#170B2B #31185C #4B258C #6532BC #8658D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4B258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4B258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B258C

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B258C	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.159 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4b258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b258c;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3795,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B258C

secondary

#93B855

accent

#E146A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B258C

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

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