#4E257B#4E257B

#4E257B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.139 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 37.13, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 55.82, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0734 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.139 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3778, 4.3729, 19.1904)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257B #527B25

analogous

#25277B #4E257B #79257B

triadic

#4E257B #7B4E25 #257B4E

tetradic

#4E257B #7B2527 #527B25 #257B79

square

#4E257B #7B2527 #527B25 #257B79

split-complementary

#4E257B #7B7925 #277B25

monochromatic

#12091D #30174C #4E257B #6C33AA #8A50CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E257B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E257B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257B	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.139 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a2',
    500: '#4e257b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257b;
$custom-light: #8463a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.605,
    "s": 53.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3686,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257B

secondary

#80AD4F

accent

#DD4B97

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257B

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

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