#4E258D#4E258D

#4E258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.161 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E258D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 42.02, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 65.74, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0701 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.161 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6099, 4.8657, 25.6797)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E258D #648D25

analogous

#25308D #4E258D #82258D

triadic

#4E258D #8D4E25 #258D4E

tetradic

#4E258D #8D2530 #648D25 #258D82

square

#4E258D #8D2530 #648D25 #258D82

split-complementary

#4E258D #8D8225 #308D25

monochromatic

#180C2C #33185D #4E258D #6932BD #8959D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4E258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E258D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E258D	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.161 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663af',
    500: '#4e258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e258d;
$custom-light: #8663af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.654,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38379,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E258D

secondary

#91B856

accent

#E246A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E258D

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

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