#4D256B#4D256B

#4D256B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.120 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D256B
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 65.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 32.69, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 46.85, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0733 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.12 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3754, 3.9625, 14.3361)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D256B #436B25

analogous

#2A256B #4D256B #6B2566

triadic

#4D256B #6B4D25 #256B4D

tetradic

#4D256B #6B2A25 #436B25 #25666B

square

#4D256B #6B2A25 #436B25 #25666B

split-complementary

#4D256B #666B25 #256B2A

monochromatic

#100817 #2C153E #4D256B #6E3598 #8E4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4D256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4D256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D256B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D256B	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.120 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816296',
    500: '#4d256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d256b;
$custom-light: #816296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35502,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D256B

secondary

#709E4E

accent

#D8508A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D256B

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

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