#4E2584#4E2584

#4E2584 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.150 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2584
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 72%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 39.56, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 60.80, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0719 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.15 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9673, 4.6087, 22.2951)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2584 #5B8425

analogous

#252B84 #4E2584 #7D2584

triadic

#4E2584 #844E25 #25844E

tetradic

#4E2584 #84252B #5B8425 #25847D

square

#4E2584 #84252B #5B8425 #25847D

split-complementary

#4E2584 #847D25 #2B8425

monochromatic

#160A24 #321854 #4E2584 #6A32B4 #8954CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E2584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2584 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2584

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2584	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.150 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563a9',
    500: '#4e2584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2584;
$custom-light: #8563a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.895,
    "s": 56.213,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37603,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2584

secondary

#89B351

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2584

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

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