#4E2580#4E2580

#4E2580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.145 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2580
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 38.48, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 58.59, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0726 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.145 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.6988, 4.5013, 20.8811)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2580 #578025

analogous

#252980 #4E2580 #7C2580

triadic

#4E2580 #804E25 #25804E

tetradic

#4E2580 #802529 #578025 #25807C

square

#4E2580 #802529 #578025 #25807C

split-complementary

#4E2580 #807C25 #298025

monochromatic

#140A21 #311751 #4E2580 #6B33AF #8A52CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4E2580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2580

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2580	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.145 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a6',
    500: '#4e2580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2580;
$custom-light: #8463a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.033,
    "s": 55.152,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37268,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2580

secondary

#85B150

accent

#DE499B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2580

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

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