#4E228D#4E228D

#4E228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.164 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E228D
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 43.50, -51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 67.35, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.073 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.164 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5204, 4.6867, 25.6498)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E228D #618D22

analogous

#222C8D #4E228D #84228D

triadic

#4E228D #8D4E22 #228D4E

tetradic

#4E228D #8D222C #618D22 #228D84

square

#4E228D #8D222C #618D22 #228D84

split-complementary

#4E228D #8D8422 #2C8D22

monochromatic

#170A2A #33165C #4E228D #692EBE #8954D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4E228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E228D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E228D	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.164 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662af',
    500: '#4e228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e228d;
$custom-light: #8662af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38007,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E228D

secondary

#8FB951

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E228D

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

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