#4E2085#4E2085

#4E2085 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.157 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2085
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 42.33, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 64.08, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0769 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.157 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8910, 4.3461, 22.6089)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2085 #578520

analogous

#202485 #4E2085 #812085

triadic

#4E2085 #854E20 #20854E

tetradic

#4E2085 #852024 #578520 #208581

square

#4E2085 #852024 #578520 #208581

split-complementary

#4E2085 #858120 #248520

monochromatic

#140822 #311454 #4E2085 #6B2CB6 #8A4CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E2085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2085 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2085

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2085	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.157 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a9',
    500: '#4e2085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2085;
$custom-light: #8560a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.327,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37058,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2085

secondary

#85B74A

accent

#E4439B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2085

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

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