#4D257C#4D257C

#4D257C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.140 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D257C
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 37.18, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 56.39, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0717 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.14 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3593, 4.3561, 19.5180)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D257C #547C25

analogous

#25297C #4D257C #79257C

triadic

#4D257C #7C4D25 #257C4D

tetradic

#4D257C #7C2529 #547C25 #257C79

square

#4D257C #7C2529 #547C25 #257C79

split-complementary

#4D257C #7C7925 #297C25

monochromatic

#12091E #30174D #4D257C #6A33AB #8950CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4D257C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4D257C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D257C

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D257C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D257C	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d257c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.140 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a3',
    500: '#4d257c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d257c;
$custom-light: #8363a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d257c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.586,
    "s": 54.037,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36818,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D257C

secondary

#82AE4F

accent

#DD4A9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D257C

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

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