#4E2183#4E2183

#4E2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.154 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2183
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 41.32, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 62.47, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0763 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.154 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7815, 4.3460, 21.8972)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2183 #568321

analogous

#212583 #4E2183 #7F2183

triadic

#4E2183 #834E21 #21834E

tetradic

#4E2183 #832125 #568321 #21837F

square

#4E2183 #832125 #568321 #21837F

split-complementary

#4E2183 #837F21 #258321

monochromatic

#140821 #311552 #4E2183 #6B2DB4 #8A4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2183

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2183	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)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.154 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a8',
    500: '#4e2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2183;
$custom-light: #8561a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37005,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2183

secondary

#84B54B

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2183

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

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