#4D256F#4D256F

#4D256F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.125 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D256F
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 111)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 33.73, -35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 49.10, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.0731 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.125 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5908, 4.0487, 15.4701)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D256F #476F25

analogous

#28256F #4D256F #6F256C

triadic

#4D256F #6F4D25 #256F4D

tetradic

#4D256F #6F2825 #476F25 #256C6F

square

#4D256F #6F2825 #476F25 #256C6F

split-complementary

#4D256F #6C6F25 #256F28

monochromatic

#100817 #2D1641 #4D256F #6D349D #8C4BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4D256F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4D256F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D256F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D256F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D256F	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14396D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d256f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.125 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826299',
    500: '#4d256f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d256f;
$custom-light: #826299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d256f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35798,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D256F

secondary

#74A24E

accent

#DA4E8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D256F

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

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