#4D258E#4D258E

#4D258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.162 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D258E
RGB	rgb(77, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 42.11, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 66.32, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0684 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.162 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.6033, 4.8537, 26.0695)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.55

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D258E #668E25

analogous

#25328E #4D258E #81258E

triadic

#4D258E #8E4D25 #258E4D

tetradic

#4D258E #8E2532 #668E25 #258E81

square

#4D258E #8E2532 #668E25 #258E81

split-complementary

#4D258E #8E8125 #328E25

monochromatic

#180C2D #33185D #4D258E #6732BF #885AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4D258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4D258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D258E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D258E	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.162 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b0',
    500: '#4d258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d258e;
$custom-light: #8563b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38353,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D258E

secondary

#93B956

accent

#E246A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D258E

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

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