#4E257A#4E257A

#4E257A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.138 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257A
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 36.87, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 55.26, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0735 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.138 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3155, 4.3480, 18.8624)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257A #517A25

analogous

#25267A #4E257A #78257A

triadic

#4E257A #7A4E25 #257A4E

tetradic

#4E257A #7A2526 #517A25 #257A78

square

#4E257A #7A2526 #517A25 #257A78

split-complementary

#4E257A #7A7825 #267A25

monochromatic

#12091C #30174B #4E257A #6C33A9 #8B50CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257A	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.138 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a1',
    500: '#4e257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257a;
$custom-light: #8463a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3678,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257A

secondary

#7FAC4E

accent

#DD4B96

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257A

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

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