#4E259E#4E259E

#4E259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.180 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E259E
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, 46.71, -58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 74.87, 308.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.0659 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.18 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9733, 5.4111, 32.8601)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E259E #759E25

analogous

#25389E #4E259E #8A259E

triadic

#4E259E #9E4E25 #259E4E

tetradic

#4E259E #9E2538 #759E25 #259E8A

square

#4E259E #9E2538 #759E25 #259E8A

split-complementary

#4E259E #9E8A25 #389E25

monochromatic

#1D0E3B #36196C #4E259E #6731CF #8B63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E259E

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E259E	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.180 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864bc',
    500: '#4e259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e259e;
$custom-light: #8864bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.331,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39925,
    "c": 0.18047,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E259E

secondary

#9FC05F

accent

#E543AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E259E

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

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