#4E2569#4E2569

#4E2569 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.118 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2569
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 105)
HSL	hsl(276, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 65%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 32.45, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 45.75, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0748 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.118 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3528, 3.9629, 13.7921)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2569 #406925

analogous

#2C2569 #4E2569 #692562

triadic

#4E2569 #694E25 #25694E

tetradic

#4E2569 #692C25 #406925 #256269

square

#4E2569 #692C25 #406925 #256269

split-complementary

#4E2569 #626925 #25692C

monochromatic

#110817 #2C153C #4E2569 #703596 #9049BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E2569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2569

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2569	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07366B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.118 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826294',
    500: '#4e2569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2569;
$custom-light: #826294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35488,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2569

secondary

#6D9C4E

accent

#D75086

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2569

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

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