#4D248E#4D248E

#4D248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.163 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D248E
RGB	rgb(77, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 42.62, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 66.87, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% 0.0694 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.163 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5726, 4.7923, 26.0593)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D248E #658E24

analogous

#24308E #4D248E #82248E

triadic

#4D248E #8E4D24 #248E4D

tetradic

#4D248E #8E2430 #658E24 #248E82

square

#4D248E #8E2430 #658E24 #248E82

split-complementary

#4D248E #8E8224 #308E24

monochromatic

#180B2C #33185D #4D248E #6730BF #8858D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4D248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4D248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D248E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D248E	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.163 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b0',
    500: '#4d248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d248e;
$custom-light: #8563b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.208,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38227,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D248E

secondary

#92B955

accent

#E345A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D248E

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

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