#4E25A8#4E25A8

#4E25A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.192 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E25A8
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 78%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 49.49, -63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 80.12, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0631 -0.1812)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.192 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8693, 5.7695, 37.5791)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E25A8 #7FA825

analogous

#253DA8 #4E25A8 #9025A8

triadic

#4E25A8 #A84E25 #25A84E

tetradic

#4E25A8 #A8253D #7FA825 #25A890

square

#4E25A8 #A8253D #7FA825 #25A890

split-complementary

#4E25A8 #A89025 #3DA825

monochromatic

#1F0F44 #371A76 #4E25A8 #6837D3 #8E69DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4E25A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E25A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E25A8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E25A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E25A8	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e25a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.192 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a65c3',
    500: '#4e25a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e25a8;
$custom-light: #8a65c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e25a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.779,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40876,
    "c": 0.19186,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E25A8

secondary

#A6C465

accent

#E741B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E25A8

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

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