#4E258B#4E258B

#4E258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.158 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E258B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 41.47, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 64.64, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0706 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.158 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4624, 4.8067, 24.9030)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.19

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E258B #628B25

analogous

#252F8B #4E258B #81258B

triadic

#4E258B #8B4E25 #258B4E

tetradic

#4E258B #8B252F #628B25 #258B81

square

#4E258B #8B252F #628B25 #258B81

split-complementary

#4E258B #8B8125 #2F8B25

monochromatic

#180B2A #33185B #4E258B #6932BB #8958D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E258B

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E258B	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.158 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ae',
    500: '#4e258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e258b;
$custom-light: #8563ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38203,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E258B

secondary

#90B755

accent

#E147A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E258B

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

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