#4E2381#4E2381

#4E2381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.149 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2381
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 72.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 39.78, -45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 60.28, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0746 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.149 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.7044, 4.4067, 21.2093)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2381 #568123

analogous

#232781 #4E2381 #7D2381

triadic

#4E2381 #814E23 #23814E

tetradic

#4E2381 #812327 #568123 #23817D

square

#4E2381 #812327 #568123 #23817D

split-complementary

#4E2381 #817D23 #278123

monochromatic

#140921 #311651 #4E2381 #6B30B1 #8A4FCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#4E2381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2381

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2381	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.149 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a6',
    500: '#4e2381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2381;
$custom-light: #8462a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.447,
    "s": 57.317,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37086,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2381

secondary

#84B34D

accent

#E1479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2381

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

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