#4E25B4#4E25B4

#4E25B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.205 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E25B4
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 79.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 52.81, -68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 86.30, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0594 -0.1965)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.205 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0392, 6.2375, 43.7407)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4E25B4 #8BB425

analogous

#2543B4 #4E25B4 #9625B4

triadic

#4E25B4 #B44E25 #25B44E

tetradic

#4E25B4 #B42543 #8BB425 #25B496

square

#4E25B4 #B42543 #8BB425 #25B496

split-complementary

#4E25B4 #B49625 #43B425

monochromatic

#22104E #381B81 #4E25B4 #6B3FD7 #9271E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E25B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E25B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E25B4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E25B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E25B4	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e25b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.205 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b65cc',
    500: '#4e25b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e25b4;
$custom-light: #8b65cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e25b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.203,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42054,
    "c": 0.20532,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E25B4

secondary

#AEC96C

accent

#E93FB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E25B4

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

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