#4E2565#4E2565

#4E2565 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.113 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2565
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 101)
HSL	hsl(278, 46%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 63%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 63.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 31.45, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 43.52, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0749 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.113 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1520, 3.8826, 12.7347)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 6.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2565 #3C6525

analogous

#2E2565 #4E2565 #65255C

triadic

#4E2565 #654E25 #25654E

tetradic

#4E2565 #652E25 #3C6525 #255C65

square

#4E2565 #652E25 #3C6525 #255C65

split-complementary

#4E2565 #5C6525 #25652E

monochromatic

#110816 #2B1538 #4E2565 #713592 #9248BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E2565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2565

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2565	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.113 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826291',
    500: '#4e2565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2565;
$custom-light: #826291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.438,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35206,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2565

secondary

#68984E

accent

#D65281

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2565

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

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