#4E2581#4E2581

#4E2581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.147 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2581
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 55%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 71%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 38.75, -44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 59.15, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0725 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.147 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7649, 4.5277, 21.2295)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2581 #588125

analogous

#252A81 #4E2581 #7C2581

triadic

#4E2581 #814E25 #25814E

tetradic

#4E2581 #81252A #588125 #25817C

square

#4E2581 #81252A #588125 #25817C

split-complementary

#4E2581 #817C25 #2A8125

monochromatic

#140A22 #311751 #4E2581 #6B33B1 #8A53CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4E2581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2581

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2581	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.147 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463a6',
    500: '#4e2581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2581;
$custom-light: #8463a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.739,
    "s": 55.422,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37351,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2581

secondary

#86B250

accent

#DF499C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2581

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

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