#4E2184#4E2184

#4E2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.155 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2184
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 41.58, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 63.02, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0761 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.155 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8496, 4.3733, 22.2559)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2184 #578421

analogous

#212584 #4E2184 #802184

triadic

#4E2184 #844E21 #21844E

tetradic

#4E2184 #842125 #578421 #218480

square

#4E2184 #842125 #578421 #218480

split-complementary

#4E2184 #848021 #258421

monochromatic

#140922 #311553 #4E2184 #6B2DB5 #8A4DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2184

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2184	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.155 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a9',
    500: '#4e2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2184;
$custom-light: #8561a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37091,
    "c": 0.15517,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2184

secondary

#85B64B

accent

#E3459B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2184

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

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