#4D257D#4D257D

#4D257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.142 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D257D
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 37.45, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 56.95, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0716 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.142 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4229, 4.3815, 19.8527)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D257D #557D25

analogous

#25297D #4D257D #79257D

triadic

#4D257D #7D4D25 #257D4D

tetradic

#4D257D #7D2529 #557D25 #257D79

square

#4D257D #7D2529 #557D25 #257D79

split-complementary

#4D257D #7D7925 #297D25

monochromatic

#13091F #30174E #4D257D #6A33AC #8951CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4D257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D257D

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D257D	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.142 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a3',
    500: '#4d257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d257d;
$custom-light: #8363a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.369,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D257D

secondary

#83AF4F

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D257D

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

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