#4D257E#4D257E

#4D257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.143 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D257E
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 37.72, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 57.51, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0714 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.143 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.4871, 4.4072, 20.1908)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D257E #567E25

analogous

#252A7E #4D257E #7A257E

triadic

#4D257E #7E4D25 #257E4D

tetradic

#4D257E #7E252A #567E25 #257E7A

square

#4D257E #7E252A #567E25 #257E7A

split-complementary

#4D257E #7E7A25 #2A7E25

monochromatic

#13091F #30174F #4D257E #6A33AD #8851CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4D257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4D257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D257E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D257E	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.143 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a4',
    500: '#4d257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d257e;
$custom-light: #8363a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.966,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36982,
    "c": 0.14284,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D257E

secondary

#84B04F

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D257E

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

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