#4E2583#4E2583

#4E2583 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.149 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2583
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 39.29, -45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 60.25, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0721 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.149 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.8992, 4.5814, 21.9365)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2583 #5A8325

analogous

#252B83 #4E2583 #7D2583

triadic

#4E2583 #834E25 #25834E

tetradic

#4E2583 #83252B #5A8325 #25837D

square

#4E2583 #83252B #5A8325 #25837D

split-complementary

#4E2583 #837D25 #2B8325

monochromatic

#150A24 #321853 #4E2583 #6A32B3 #8954CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4E2583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2583 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2583

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2583	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.149 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563a8',
    500: '#4e2583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2583;
$custom-light: #8563a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.17,
    "s": 55.952,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37518,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2583

secondary

#88B351

accent

#DF499E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2583

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

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