#4E2564#4E2564

#4E2564 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.112 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2564
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 100)
HSL	hsl(279, 46%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(279, 63%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 63%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 31.20, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 42.96, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0748 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.112 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1033, 3.8631, 12.4783)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2564 #3B6425

analogous

#2F2564 #4E2564 #64255B

triadic

#4E2564 #644E25 #25644E

tetradic

#4E2564 #642F25 #3B6425 #255B64

square

#4E2564 #642F25 #3B6425 #255B64

split-complementary

#4E2564 #5B6425 #25642F

monochromatic

#110816 #2B1437 #4E2564 #713691 #9348BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4E2564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2564 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2564

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2564	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F3566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.112 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826290',
    500: '#4e2564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2564;
$custom-light: #826290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35137,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2564

secondary

#67974E

accent

#D65280

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2564

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

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