#4E257D#4E257D

#4E257D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.142 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 37.67, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 56.93, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0731 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.142 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.5042, 4.4235, 19.8565)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257D #547D25

analogous

#25287D #4E257D #7A257D

triadic

#4E257D #7D4E25 #257D4E

tetradic

#4E257D #7D2528 #547D25 #257D7A

square

#4E257D #7D2528 #547D25 #257D7A

split-complementary

#4E257D #7D7A25 #287D25

monochromatic

#13091F #31174E #4E257D #6B33AC #8A51CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4E257D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E257D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257D	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.142 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a3',
    500: '#4e257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257d;
$custom-light: #8463a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 54.321,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37022,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257D

secondary

#82AF4F

accent

#DE4A99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257D

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

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