#4D268B#4D268B

#4D268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.157 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D268B
RGB	rgb(77, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 40.76, -49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 64.12, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.068 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.157 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4126, 4.8279, 24.9097)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D268B #648B26

analogous

#26328B #4D268B #7F268B

triadic

#4D268B #8B4D26 #268B4D

tetradic

#4D268B #8B2632 #648B26 #268B7F

square

#4D268B #8B2632 #648B26 #268B7F

split-complementary

#4D268B #8B7F26 #328B26

monochromatic

#180C2B #32195B #4D268B #6833BB #885AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4D268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4D268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D268B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D268B	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.157 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4d268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d268b;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.168,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3822,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D268B

secondary

#91B756

accent

#E047A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D268B

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

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