#4E257E#4E257E

#4E257E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.143 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 70.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 37.94, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 57.48, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0729 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.143 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5684, 4.4491, 20.1947)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257E #557E25

analogous

#25297E #4E257E #7A257E

triadic

#4E257E #7E4E25 #257E4E

tetradic

#4E257E #7E2529 #557E25 #257E7A

square

#4E257E #7E2529 #557E25 #257E7A

split-complementary

#4E257E #7E7A25 #297E25

monochromatic

#13091F #31174F #4E257E #6B33AD #8A51CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4E257E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E257E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257E	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.143 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a4',
    500: '#4e257e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257e;
$custom-light: #8463a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37104,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257E

secondary

#83B04F

accent

#DE4A9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257E

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

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