#4E2571#4E2571

#4E2571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.127 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2571
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 67%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 67.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 34.50, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 50.23, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0744 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.127 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7834, 4.1351, 16.0604)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2571 #487125

analogous

#282571 #4E2571 #71256E

triadic

#4E2571 #714E25 #25714E

tetradic

#4E2571 #712825 #487125 #256E71

square

#4E2571 #712825 #487125 #256E71

split-complementary

#4E2571 #6E7125 #257128

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1643 #4E2571 #6E349F #8D4CC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E2571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2571

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2571	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.127 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629a',
    500: '#4e2571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2571;
$custom-light: #83629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.368,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36078,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2571

secondary

#76A44E

accent

#DA4E8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2571

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

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