#4E258E#4E258E

#4E258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.162 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E258E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 42.29, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 66.28, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.0699 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.162 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6846, 4.8956, 26.0733)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.51

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E258E #658E25

analogous

#25308E #4E258E #83258E

triadic

#4E258E #8E4E25 #258E4E

tetradic

#4E258E #8E2530 #658E25 #258E83

square

#4E258E #8E2530 #658E25 #258E83

split-complementary

#4E258E #8E8325 #308E25

monochromatic

#190C2D #33185D #4E258E #6932BF #895AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E258E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E258E	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.162 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b0',
    500: '#4e258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e258e;
$custom-light: #8663b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.429,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38467,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E258E

secondary

#92B956

accent

#E246A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E258E

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

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