#4E228F#4E228F

#4E228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.167 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E228F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 44.04, -52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 68.42, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0725 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.167 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6705, 4.7467, 26.4407)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E228F #638F22

analogous

#222D8F #4E228F #85228F

triadic

#4E228F #8F4E22 #228F4E

tetradic

#4E228F #8F222D #638F22 #228F85

square

#4E228F #8F222D #638F22 #228F85

split-complementary

#4E228F #8F8522 #2D8F22

monochromatic

#180A2C #33165E #4E228F #692EC0 #8955D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E228F

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E228F	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.167 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b1',
    500: '#4e228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e228f;
$custom-light: #8662b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.22,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38187,
    "c": 0.16657,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E228F

secondary

#90BA52

accent

#E543A3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E228F

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

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