#4E2577#4E2577

#4E2577 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.135 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2577
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 36.07, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 53.59, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0739 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.135 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1325, 4.2748, 17.8985)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2577 #4E7725

analogous

#252577 #4E2577 #772577

triadic

#4E2577 #774E25 #25774E

tetradic

#4E2577 #772525 #4E7725 #257777

square

#4E2577 #772525 #4E7725 #257777

split-complementary

#4E2577 #777725 #257725

monochromatic

#11081A #2F1648 #4E2577 #6D34A6 #8B4EC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4E2577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2577 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2577

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2577	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.135 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629f',
    500: '#4e2577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2577;
$custom-light: #83629f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 52.564,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36541,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2577

secondary

#7CA94E

accent

#DC4C94

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2577

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

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