#4E2081#4E2081

#4E2081 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.153 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2081
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 41.28, -46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 61.92, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0778 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.153 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6199, 4.2376, 21.1811)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2081 #538120

analogous

#202381 #4E2081 #7F2081

triadic

#4E2081 #814E20 #20814E

tetradic

#4E2081 #812023 #538120 #20817F

square

#4E2081 #812023 #538120 #20817F

split-complementary

#4E2081 #817F20 #238120

monochromatic

#13081F #301450 #4E2081 #6C2CB2 #8A49D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4E2081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2081 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2081

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2081	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.153 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a6',
    500: '#4e2081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2081;
$custom-light: #8560a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.454,
    "s": 60.248,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3671,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2081

secondary

#81B449

accent

#E34498

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2081

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

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