#4E259D#4E259D

#4E259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.179 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E259D
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 46.44, -58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 74.34, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0662 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.179 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8875, 5.3768, 32.4086)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E259D #749D25

analogous

#25389D #4E259D #8A259D

triadic

#4E259D #9D4E25 #259D4E

tetradic

#4E259D #9D2538 #749D25 #259D8A

square

#4E259D #9D2538 #749D25 #259D8A

split-complementary

#4E259D #9D8A25 #389D25

monochromatic

#1D0E3A #35196B #4E259D #6731CE #8B62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4E259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E259D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E259D	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.179 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864bb',
    500: '#4e259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e259d;
$custom-light: #8864bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39831,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E259D

secondary

#9EBF5E

accent

#E543AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E259D

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

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