#4E259B#4E259B

#4E259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.177 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E259B
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, 45.88, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 73.28, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0667 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.177 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7182, 5.3090, 31.5167)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E259B #729B25

analogous

#25379B #4E259B #89259B

triadic

#4E259B #9B4E25 #259B4E

tetradic

#4E259B #9B2537 #729B25 #259B89

square

#4E259B #9B2537 #729B25 #259B89

split-complementary

#4E259B #9B8925 #379B25

monochromatic

#1C0D38 #35196A #4E259B #6731CC #8B61D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4E259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E259B

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E259B	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.177 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864b9',
    500: '#4e259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e259b;
$custom-light: #8864b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39645,
    "c": 0.17703,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E259B

secondary

#9DBF5D

accent

#E543AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E259B

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

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