#4E25A2#4E25A2

#4E25A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.185 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E25A2
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 162)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 77.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 47.83, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 76.98, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0648 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.185 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3232, 5.5510, 34.7029)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E25A2 #79A225

analogous

#253BA2 #4E25A2 #8D25A2

triadic

#4E25A2 #A24E25 #25A24E

tetradic

#4E25A2 #A2253B #79A225 #25A28D

square

#4E25A2 #A2253B #79A225 #25A28D

split-complementary

#4E25A2 #A28D25 #3BA225

monochromatic

#1E0E3E #361A70 #4E25A2 #6734D1 #8C65DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E25A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E25A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E25A2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E25A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E25A2	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e25a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.185 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964bf',
    500: '#4e25a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e25a2;
$custom-light: #8964bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e25a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.68,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40302,
    "c": 0.18504,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E25A2

secondary

#A2C261

accent

#E642B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E25A2

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

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