#4E2284#4E2284

#4E2284 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.154 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2284
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 74.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 41.09, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 62.48, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0751 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.154 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8777, 4.4296, 22.2653)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2284 #588422

analogous

#222784 #4E2284 #7F2284

triadic

#4E2284 #844E22 #22844E

tetradic

#4E2284 #842227 #588422 #22847F

square

#4E2284 #842227 #588422 #22847F

split-complementary

#4E2284 #847F22 #278422

monochromatic

#140923 #311553 #4E2284 #6B2FB5 #8A4FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4E2284 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2284 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2284

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2284	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2284	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2284;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.154 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a9',
    500: '#4e2284',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2284;
$custom-light: #8561a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2284",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37215,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2284

secondary

#86B54D

accent

#E2469C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2284

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

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