#4E2572#4E2572

#4E2572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.129 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2572
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 34.76, -37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 50.79, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0744 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.129 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8400, 4.1578, 16.3585)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2572 #497225

analogous

#282572 #4E2572 #722570

triadic

#4E2572 #724E25 #25724E

tetradic

#4E2572 #722825 #497225 #257072

square

#4E2572 #722825 #497225 #257072

split-complementary

#4E2572 #707225 #257228

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1644 #4E2572 #6E34A0 #8D4CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2572

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2572	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.129 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629b',
    500: '#4e2572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2572;
$custom-light: #83629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36154,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2572

secondary

#77A54E

accent

#DA4D8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2572

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

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