#4E2574#4E2574

#4E2574 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.131 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2574
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 116)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 35.28, -38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 51.91, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0742 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.131 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9551, 4.2038, 16.9646)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2574 #4B7425

analogous

#262574 #4E2574 #742573

triadic

#4E2574 #744E25 #25744E

tetradic

#4E2574 #742625 #4B7425 #257374

square

#4E2574 #742625 #4B7425 #257374

split-complementary

#4E2574 #737425 #257426

monochromatic

#100717 #2F1646 #4E2574 #6D34A2 #8C4DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4E2574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2574

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2574	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.131 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629d',
    500: '#4e2574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2574;
$custom-light: #83629d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36308,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2574

secondary

#79A74E

accent

#DB4D91

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2574

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

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