#4E2568#4E2568

#4E2568 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.117 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2568
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 104)
HSL	hsl(277, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 64%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 64.4%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 32.20, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 45.19, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0748 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.117 310)
XYZ	xyz(6.3017, 3.9424, 13.5230)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2568 #3F6825

analogous

#2C2568 #4E2568 #682561

triadic

#4E2568 #684E25 #25684E

tetradic

#4E2568 #682C25 #3F6825 #256168

square

#4E2568 #682C25 #3F6825 #256168

split-complementary

#4E2568 #616825 #25682C

monochromatic

#110817 #2C153B #4E2568 #703595 #9149BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E2568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2568 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2568

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2568	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09366A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.117 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826293',
    500: '#4e2568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2568;
$custom-light: #826293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35417,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2568

secondary

#6C9B4E

accent

#D75185

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2568

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

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