#4E2283#4E2283

#4E2283 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.153 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2283
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 131)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 74%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 40.82, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 61.93, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0753 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.153 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8096, 4.4024, 21.9066)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2283 #578322

analogous

#222783 #4E2283 #7E2283

triadic

#4E2283 #834E22 #22834E

tetradic

#4E2283 #832227 #578322 #22837E

square

#4E2283 #832227 #578322 #22837E

split-complementary

#4E2283 #837E22 #278322

monochromatic

#140922 #311552 #4E2283 #6B2FB4 #8A4ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2283

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2283	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)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.153 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a8',
    500: '#4e2283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2283;
$custom-light: #8561a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.216,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37129,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2283

secondary

#85B44C

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2283

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

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