#4B258E#4B258E

#4B258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.162 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B258E
RGB	rgb(75, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 41.75, -51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 66.41, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0653 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.162 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4444, 4.7717, 26.0621)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B258E #688E25

analogous

#25348E #4B258E #7F258E

triadic

#4B258E #8E4B25 #258E4B

tetradic

#4B258E #8E2534 #688E25 #258E7F

square

#4B258E #8E2534 #688E25 #258E7F

split-complementary

#4B258E #8E7F25 #348E25

monochromatic

#180C2D #31185D #4B258E #6532BF #865AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4B258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4B258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B258E

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B258E	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.162 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463b0',
    500: '#4b258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b258e;
$custom-light: #8463b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38129,
    "c": 0.16174,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B258E

secondary

#95B956

accent

#E246A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B258E

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

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