#4D268E#4D268E

#4D268E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.161 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D268E
RGB	rgb(77, 38, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 41.60, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 65.76, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0674 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.161 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6348, 4.9168, 26.0800)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D268E #678E26

analogous

#26338E #4D268E #81268E

triadic

#4D268E #8E4D26 #268E4D

tetradic

#4D268E #8E2633 #678E26 #268E81

square

#4D268E #8E2633 #678E26 #268E81

split-complementary

#4D268E #8E8126 #338E26

monochromatic

#190C2D #33195E #4D268E #6733BE #885BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4D268E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4D268E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D268E

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D268E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D268E	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d268e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 38, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.161 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b0',
    500: '#4d268e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d268e;
$custom-light: #8564b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d268e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38483,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D268E

secondary

#94B858

accent

#E147A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D268E

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

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