#4D258C#4D258C

#4D258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.160 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D258C
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 41.56, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 65.23, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0688 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.16 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4545, 4.7942, 25.2858)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D258C #648C25

analogous

#25318C #4D258C #81258C

triadic

#4D258C #8C4D25 #258C4D

tetradic

#4D258C #8C2531 #648C25 #258C81

square

#4D258C #8C2531 #648C25 #258C81

split-complementary

#4D258C #8C8125 #318C25

monochromatic

#180B2B #32185C #4D258C #6832BC #8858D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4D258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4D258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D258C

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D258C	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.160 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ae',
    500: '#4d258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d258c;
$custom-light: #8563ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38176,
    "c": 0.15951,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D258C

secondary

#91B855

accent

#E146A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D258C

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

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