#4E2585#4E2585

#4E2585 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.151 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2585
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.67, 39.83, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.67, 61.35, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0718 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.151 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0360, 4.6362, 22.6572)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2585 #5C8525

analogous

#252C85 #4E2585 #7E2585

triadic

#4E2585 #854E25 #25854E

tetradic

#4E2585 #85252C #5C8525 #25857E

square

#4E2585 #85252C #5C8525 #25857E

split-complementary

#4E2585 #857E25 #2C8525

monochromatic

#160A25 #321855 #4E2585 #6A32B5 #8955D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2585 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2585

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2585	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.151 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563a9',
    500: '#4e2585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2585;
$custom-light: #8563a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 56.471,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37687,
    "c": 0.15134,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2585

secondary

#8AB452

accent

#E0489F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2585

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

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