#4E228C#4E228C

#4E228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.163 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E228C
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 43.23, -50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 66.81, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0733 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.163 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4463, 4.6570, 25.2597)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E228C #608C22

analogous

#222B8C #4E228C #83228C

triadic

#4E228C #8C4E22 #228C4E

tetradic

#4E228C #8C222B #608C22 #228C83

square

#4E228C #8C222B #608C22 #228C83

split-complementary

#4E228C #8C8322 #2B8C22

monochromatic

#170A2A #33165B #4E228C #692EBD #8953D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E228C

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E228C	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.163 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662ae',
    500: '#4e228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e228c;
$custom-light: #8662ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37917,
    "c": 0.16314,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E228C

secondary

#8EB951

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E228C

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

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