#4E257C#4E257C

#4E257C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.141 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257C
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 37.40, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 56.37, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0732 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.141 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4407, 4.3980, 19.5218)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257C #537C25

analogous

#25287C #4E257C #7A257C

triadic

#4E257C #7C4E25 #257C4E

tetradic

#4E257C #7C2528 #537C25 #257C7A

square

#4E257C #7C2528 #537C25 #257C7A

split-complementary

#4E257C #7C7A25 #287C25

monochromatic

#13091E #30174D #4E257C #6C33AB #8A50CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E257C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E257C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257C

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257C	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.141 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a3',
    500: '#4e257c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257c;
$custom-light: #8463a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 54.037,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36941,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257C

secondary

#81AE4F

accent

#DD4A98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257C

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

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