#4E2185#4E2185

#4E2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.156 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2185
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 41.85, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 63.56, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0759 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.156 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.9183, 4.4008, 22.6180)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2185 #588521

analogous

#212685 #4E2185 #802185

triadic

#4E2185 #854E21 #21854E

tetradic

#4E2185 #852126 #588521 #218580

square

#4E2185 #852126 #588521 #218580

split-complementary

#4E2185 #858021 #268521

monochromatic

#140923 #311554 #4E2185 #6B2DB6 #8A4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2185

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2185	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	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: #4e2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.156 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a9',
    500: '#4e2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2185;
$custom-light: #8561a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37178,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2185

secondary

#86B64C

accent

#E3449C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2185

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

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