#4E2182#4E2182

#4E2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.153 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2182
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 41.05, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 61.93, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.0765 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.153 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.7140, 4.3190, 21.5420)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2182 #558221

analogous

#212582 #4E2182 #7F2182

triadic

#4E2182 #824E21 #21824E

tetradic

#4E2182 #822125 #558221 #21827F

square

#4E2182 #822125 #558221 #21827F

split-complementary

#4E2182 #827F21 #258221

monochromatic

#130820 #311551 #4E2182 #6B2DB3 #8A4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4E2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2182

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2182	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)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.153 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a7',
    500: '#4e2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2182;
$custom-light: #8561a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.835,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36918,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2182

secondary

#83B44A

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2182

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

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