#4C257D#4C257D

#4C257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.141 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C257D
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 37.24, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 56.97, 310.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0701 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.141 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3428, 4.3402, 19.8490)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C257D #567D25

analogous

#252A7D #4C257D #78257D

triadic

#4C257D #7D4C25 #257D4C

tetradic

#4C257D #7D252A #567D25 #257D78

square

#4C257D #7D252A #567D25 #257D78

split-complementary

#4C257D #7D7825 #2A7D25

monochromatic

#13091F #2F174E #4C257D #6933AC #8751CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4C257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4C257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C257D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C257D	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.141 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a3',
    500: '#4c257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c257d;
$custom-light: #8363a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.591,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36779,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C257D

secondary

#84AF4F

accent

#DE4A9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C257D

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

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