#4D257A#4D257A

#4D257A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.138 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D257A
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.66, 36.64, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.66, 55.27, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.072 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.138 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2341, 4.3060, 18.8586)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D257A #527A25

analogous

#25277A #4D257A #77257A

triadic

#4D257A #7A4D25 #257A4D

tetradic

#4D257A #7A2527 #527A25 #257A77

square

#4D257A #7A2527 #527A25 #257A77

split-complementary

#4D257A #7A7725 #277A25

monochromatic

#12091C #2F174B #4D257A #6B33A9 #8950CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#4D257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4D257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D257A

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D257A	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.138 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a1',
    500: '#4d257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d257a;
$custom-light: #8363a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36656,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D257A

secondary

#80AC4E

accent

#DD4B98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D257A

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

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