#4E25B2#4E25B2

#4E25B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.203 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E25B2
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 52.26, -67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 85.28, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.06 -0.194)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.203 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8369, 6.1565, 42.6755)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E25B2 #89B225

analogous

#2543B2 #4E25B2 #9525B2

triadic

#4E25B2 #B24E25 #25B24E

tetradic

#4E25B2 #B22543 #89B225 #25B295

square

#4E25B2 #B22543 #89B225 #25B295

split-complementary

#4E25B2 #B29525 #43B225

monochromatic

#22104D #381A7F #4E25B2 #6A3DD7 #9170E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E25B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E25B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E25B2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E25B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E25B2	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e25b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.203 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65ca',
    500: '#4e25b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e25b2;
$custom-light: #8b65ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e25b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.447,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41855,
    "c": 0.20309,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E25B2

secondary

#ADC86B

accent

#E93FB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E25B2

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