#4E2380#4E2380

#4E2380 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.148 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2380
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 128)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 39.52, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 59.74, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0748 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.148 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6382, 4.3802, 20.8609)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2380 #558023

analogous

#232780 #4E2380 #7D2380

triadic

#4E2380 #804E23 #23804E

tetradic

#4E2380 #802327 #558023 #23807D

square

#4E2380 #802327 #558023 #23807D

split-complementary

#4E2380 #807D23 #278023

monochromatic

#130920 #311650 #4E2380 #6B30B0 #8A4FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4E2380 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2380 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2380

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2380	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2380	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2380;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.148 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a6',
    500: '#4e2380',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2380;
$custom-light: #8462a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2380",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 57.055,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37002,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2380

secondary

#83B24D

accent

#E0479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2380

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

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