#4E2280#4E2280

#4E2280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.149 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2280
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 40.02, -45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 60.29, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.0759 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.149 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6092, 4.3222, 20.8513)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2280 #548022

analogous

#222580 #4E2280 #7D2280

triadic

#4E2280 #804E22 #22804E

tetradic

#4E2280 #802225 #548022 #22807D

square

#4E2280 #802225 #548022 #22807D

split-complementary

#4E2280 #807D22 #258022

monochromatic

#13081F #311550 #4E2280 #6B2FB0 #8A4DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#4E2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2280

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2280	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.149 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a6',
    500: '#4e2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2280;
$custom-light: #8461a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.085,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36873,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2280

secondary

#82B24B

accent

#E14799

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2280

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

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