#4E258C#4E258C

#4E258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.160 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E258C
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 41.74, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 65.19, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0704 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.16 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5358, 4.8361, 25.2896)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.29

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E258C #638C25

analogous

#25308C #4E258C #81258C

triadic

#4E258C #8C4E25 #258C4E

tetradic

#4E258C #8C2530 #638C25 #258C81

square

#4E258C #8C2530 #638C25 #258C81

split-complementary

#4E258C #8C8125 #308C25

monochromatic

#180B2B #33185C #4E258C #6932BC #8958D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E258C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E258C	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.160 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ae',
    500: '#4e258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e258c;
$custom-light: #8663ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38291,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E258C

secondary

#90B855

accent

#E146A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E258C

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

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