#4E257F#4E257F

#4E257F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.144 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E257F
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 38.21, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 58.04, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0728 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.144 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6333, 4.4751, 20.5362)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E257F #567F25

analogous

#25297F #4E257F #7B257F

triadic

#4E257F #7F4E25 #257F4E

tetradic

#4E257F #7F2529 #567F25 #257F7B

square

#4E257F #7F2529 #567F25 #257F7B

split-complementary

#4E257F #7F7B25 #297F25

monochromatic

#140920 #311750 #4E257F #6B33AE #8A52CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#4E257F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E257F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E257F

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E257F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E257F	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e257f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.144 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a5',
    500: '#4e257f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e257f;
$custom-light: #8463a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e257f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.333,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37186,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E257F

secondary

#84B14F

accent

#DE4A9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E257F

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

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