#4E2084#4E2084

#4E2084 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.156 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2084
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 132)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 75.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 42.06, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 63.54, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0771 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.156 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8222, 4.3186, 22.2468)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2084 #568420

analogous

#202484 #4E2084 #802084

triadic

#4E2084 #844E20 #20844E

tetradic

#4E2084 #842024 #568420 #208480

square

#4E2084 #842024 #568420 #208480

split-complementary

#4E2084 #848020 #248420

monochromatic

#140821 #311453 #4E2084 #6B2CB5 #8A4BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4E2084 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2084 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2084

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2084	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2084	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2084;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.156 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a9',
    500: '#4e2084',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2084;
$custom-light: #8560a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2084",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.6,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3697,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2084

secondary

#84B64A

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2084

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

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