#4E2281#4E2281

#4E2281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.150 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2281
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 40.29, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 60.84, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0757 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.15 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6754, 4.3487, 21.1996)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2281 #558122

analogous

#222681 #4E2281 #7D2281

triadic

#4E2281 #814E22 #22814E

tetradic

#4E2281 #812226 #558122 #22817D

square

#4E2281 #812226 #558122 #22817D

split-complementary

#4E2281 #817D22 #268122

monochromatic

#130820 #311551 #4E2281 #6B2FB1 #8A4DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E2281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2281

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2281	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)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.150 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a6',
    500: '#4e2281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2281;
$custom-light: #8461a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.789,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2281

secondary

#83B34B

accent

#E1469A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2281

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

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