#4E2579#4E2579

#4E2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.137 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2579
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 36.60, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 54.70, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0736 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.137 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2538, 4.3233, 18.5378)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2579 #507925

analogous

#252679 #4E2579 #782579

triadic

#4E2579 #794E25 #25794E

tetradic

#4E2579 #792526 #507925 #257978

square

#4E2579 #792526 #507925 #257978

split-complementary

#4E2579 #797825 #267925

monochromatic

#12081B #30174A #4E2579 #6C33A8 #8B4FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2579

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2579	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.137 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8363a0',
    500: '#4e2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2579;
$custom-light: #8363a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.286,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.367,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2579

secondary

#7EAB4E

accent

#DD4B96

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2579

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

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