#4E2285#4E2285

#4E2285 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.155 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2285
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 41.36, -47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 63.02, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0749 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.155 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9465, 4.4571, 22.6274)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2285 #598522

analogous

#222785 #4E2285 #7F2285

triadic

#4E2285 #854E22 #22854E

tetradic

#4E2285 #852227 #598522 #22857F

square

#4E2285 #852227 #598522 #22857F

split-complementary

#4E2285 #857F22 #278522

monochromatic

#150924 #311654 #4E2285 #6B2EB6 #894FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4E2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2285

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2285	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.155 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561a9',
    500: '#4e2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2285;
$custom-light: #8561a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37301,
    "c": 0.15511,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2285

secondary

#87B64D

accent

#E2459D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2285

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

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