#4E2573#4E2573

#4E2573 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.130 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2573
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 35.02, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 51.35, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0743 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.13 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8973, 4.1807, 16.6599)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2573 #4A7325

analogous

#272573 #4E2573 #732571

triadic

#4E2573 #734E25 #25734E

tetradic

#4E2573 #732725 #4A7325 #257173

square

#4E2573 #732725 #4A7325 #257173

split-complementary

#4E2573 #717325 #257327

monochromatic

#100717 #2F1645 #4E2573 #6D34A1 #8C4DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E2573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2573 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2573

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2573	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.130 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629c',
    500: '#4e2573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2573;
$custom-light: #83629c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.538,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36231,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2573

secondary

#78A64E

accent

#DB4D90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2573

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

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