#4E1572#4E1572

#4E1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.149 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1572
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 42.39, -41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 59.27, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0919 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.149 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.4467, 3.3710, 16.2274)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1572 #397215

analogous

#201572 #4E1572 #721568

triadic

#4E1572 #724E15 #15724E

tetradic

#4E1572 #722015 #397215 #156872

square

#4E1572 #722015 #397215 #156872

split-complementary

#4E1572 #687215 #157220

monochromatic

#12051A #2B0B3E #4E1572 #711FA6 #942AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#4E1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1572

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1572	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.149 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a9b',
    500: '#4e1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1572;
$custom-light: #845a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34223,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1572

secondary

#65A83B

accent

#EC3C80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1572

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

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