#4E2180#4E2180

#4E2180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.151 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2180
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 40.52, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 60.84, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.077 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.151 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5811, 4.2659, 20.8419)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2180 #538021

analogous

#212480 #4E2180 #7E2180

triadic

#4E2180 #804E21 #21804E

tetradic

#4E2180 #802124 #538021 #21807E

square

#4E2180 #802124 #538021 #21807E

split-complementary

#4E2180 #807E21 #248021

monochromatic

#13081F #30144F #4E2180 #6C2EB1 #8A4BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E2180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2180

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2180	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.151 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a6',
    500: '#4e2180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2180;
$custom-light: #8461a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36747,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2180

secondary

#81B34A

accent

#E24698

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2180

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

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