#4E228A#4E228A

#4E228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.161 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E228A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 42.70, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 65.73, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% 0.0737 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.161 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3002, 4.5986, 24.4901)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E228A #5E8A22

analogous

#222A8A #4E228A #82228A

triadic

#4E228A #8A4E22 #228A4E

tetradic

#4E228A #8A222A #5E8A22 #228A82

square

#4E228A #8A222A #5E8A22 #228A82

split-complementary

#4E228A #8A8222 #2A8A22

monochromatic

#160A28 #321659 #4E228A #6A2EBB #8952D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#4E228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E228A

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E228A	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.161 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ad',
    500: '#4e228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e228a;
$custom-light: #8662ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3774,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E228A

secondary

#8CB850

accent

#E444A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E228A

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

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