#4E25A5#4E25A5

#4E25A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.188 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E25A5
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 48.66, -61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 78.55, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.064 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.188 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5930, 5.6590, 36.1241)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E25A5 #7CA525

analogous

#253CA5 #4E25A5 #8E25A5

triadic

#4E25A5 #A54E25 #25A54E

tetradic

#4E25A5 #A5253C #7CA525 #25A58E

square

#4E25A5 #A5253C #7CA525 #25A58E

split-complementary

#4E25A5 #A58E25 #3CA525

monochromatic

#1F0F41 #361A73 #4E25A5 #6835D2 #8D67DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E25A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E25A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E25A5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E25A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E25A5	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e25a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.188 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965c1',
    500: '#4e25a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e25a5;
$custom-light: #8965c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e25a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.219,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40588,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E25A5

secondary

#A4C363

accent

#E641B2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E25A5

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

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