#4E258A#4E258A

#4E258A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.157 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E258A
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 41.20, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 64.10, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.0708 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.157 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3897, 4.7776, 24.5200)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E258A #618A25

analogous

#252F8A #4E258A #81258A

triadic

#4E258A #8A4E25 #258A4E

tetradic

#4E258A #8A252F #618A25 #258A81

square

#4E258A #8A252F #618A25 #258A81

split-complementary

#4E258A #8A8125 #2F8A25

monochromatic

#170B29 #33185A #4E258A #6932BA #8957D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4E258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E258A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E258A	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.157 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ad',
    500: '#4e258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e258a;
$custom-light: #8563ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.356,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38116,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E258A

secondary

#8FB754

accent

#E147A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E258A

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

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