#4E2083#4E2083

#4E2083 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.155 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2083
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 131)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 75.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 41.80, -47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 63.00, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0773 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.155 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7541, 4.2913, 21.8881)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2083 #558320

analogous

#202483 #4E2083 #802083

triadic

#4E2083 #834E20 #20834E

tetradic

#4E2083 #832024 #558320 #208380

square

#4E2083 #832024 #558320 #208380

split-complementary

#4E2083 #838020 #248320

monochromatic

#130821 #311452 #4E2083 #6B2CB4 #8A4AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4E2083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2083 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2083

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2083	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.155 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a8',
    500: '#4e2083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2083;
$custom-light: #8560a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.879,
    "s": 60.736,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36883,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2083

secondary

#83B649

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2083

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

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