#4D258D#4D258D

#4D258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.161 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D258D
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.4%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 41.83, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 65.78, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0686 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.161 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5286, 4.8238, 25.6759)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D258D #658D25

analogous

#25318D #4D258D #81258D

triadic

#4D258D #8D4D25 #258D4D

tetradic

#4D258D #8D2531 #658D25 #258D81

square

#4D258D #8D2531 #658D25 #258D81

split-complementary

#4D258D #8D8125 #318D25

monochromatic

#180C2C #33185D #4D258D #6732BD #8859D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#4D258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4D258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D258D

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D258D	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.161 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563af',
    500: '#4d258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d258d;
$custom-light: #8563af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38265,
    "c": 0.16068,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D258D

secondary

#92B856

accent

#E246A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D258D

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

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