#4E2597#4E2597

#4E2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.172 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2597
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 44.78, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 71.14, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0678 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.172 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3878, 5.1769, 29.7768)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2597 #6E9725

analogous

#253597 #4E2597 #872597

triadic

#4E2597 #974E25 #25974E

tetradic

#4E2597 #972535 #6E9725 #259787

square

#4E2597 #972535 #6E9725 #259787

split-complementary

#4E2597 #978725 #359725

monochromatic

#1B0D35 #351966 #4E2597 #6731C8 #8A5FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4E2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2597

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2597	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.172 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b7',
    500: '#4e2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2597;
$custom-light: #8764b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39276,
    "c": 0.17242,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2597

secondary

#9ABD5B

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2597

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

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