#4E2570#4E2570

#4E2570 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.126 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2570
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 112)
HSL	hsl(273, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 67%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 34.24, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 49.67, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0745 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.126 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7275, 4.1128, 15.7655)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2570 #477025

analogous

#292570 #4E2570 #70256D

triadic

#4E2570 #704E25 #25704E

tetradic

#4E2570 #702925 #477025 #256D70

square

#4E2570 #702925 #477025 #256D70

split-complementary

#4E2570 #6D7025 #257029

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1642 #4E2570 #6E349E #8D4CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4E2570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2570

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2570	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14396E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.126 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629a',
    500: '#4e2570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2570;
$custom-light: #83629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.8,
    "s": 50.336,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36003,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2570

secondary

#74A34E

accent

#DA4E8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2570

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

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