#4D256A#4D256A

#4D256A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.119 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D256A
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 32.44, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 46.29, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0734 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.119 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3231, 3.9416, 14.0606)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D256A #426A25

analogous

#2A256A #4D256A #6A2564

triadic

#4D256A #6A4D25 #256A4D

tetradic

#4D256A #6A2A25 #426A25 #25646A

square

#4D256A #6A2A25 #426A25 #25646A

split-complementary

#4D256A #646A25 #256A2A

monochromatic

#100817 #2C153D #4D256A #6E3597 #8E4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4D256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D256A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D256A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.119 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816295',
    500: '#4d256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d256a;
$custom-light: #816295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35429,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D256A

secondary

#6F9D4E

accent

#D85089

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D256A

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

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