#4D258B#4D258B

#4D258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.158 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D258B
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 41.28, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 64.68, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.0691 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.158 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3811, 4.7648, 24.8992)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D258B #638B25

analogous

#25308B #4D258B #80258B

triadic

#4D258B #8B4D25 #258B4D

tetradic

#4D258B #8B2530 #638B25 #258B80

square

#4D258B #8B2530 #638B25 #258B80

split-complementary

#4D258B #8B8025 #308B25

monochromatic

#170B2A #32185B #4D258B #6832BB #8858D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4D258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4D258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D258B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D258B	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.158 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ae',
    500: '#4d258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d258b;
$custom-light: #8563ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38088,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D258B

secondary

#90B755

accent

#E147A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D258B

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

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