#4E2282#4E2282

#4E2282 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.152 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2282
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 130)
HSL	hsl(268, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 73.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 40.56, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 61.39, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.0755 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.152 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7422, 4.3754, 21.5514)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2282 #568222

analogous

#222682 #4E2282 #7E2282

triadic

#4E2282 #824E22 #22824E

tetradic

#4E2282 #822226 #568222 #22827E

square

#4E2282 #822226 #568222 #22827E

split-complementary

#4E2282 #827E22 #268222

monochromatic

#140921 #311551 #4E2282 #6B2FB3 #8A4ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E2282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2282

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2282	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.152 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a7',
    500: '#4e2282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2282;
$custom-light: #8561a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37043,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2282

secondary

#84B44C

accent

#E2469A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2282

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

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