#4E2578#4E2578

#4E2578 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.136 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2578
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 69.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 36.34, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 54.14, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0738 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.136 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1928, 4.2989, 18.2165)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2578 #4F7825

analogous

#252578 #4E2578 #772578

triadic

#4E2578 #784E25 #25784E

tetradic

#4E2578 #782525 #4F7825 #257877

square

#4E2578 #782525 #4F7825 #257877

split-complementary

#4E2578 #787725 #257825

monochromatic

#11081A #301749 #4E2578 #6C33A7 #8B4FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4E2578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2578 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2578

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2578	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.136 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a0',
    500: '#4e2578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2578;
$custom-light: #8363a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3662,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2578

secondary

#7DAA4E

accent

#DC4C95

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2578

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

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