#4E2382#4E2382

#4E2382 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.150 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2382
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 73.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 40.05, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 60.83, 311.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.0745 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.15 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7712, 4.4334, 21.5611)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2382 #578223

analogous

#232782 #4E2382 #7E2382

triadic

#4E2382 #824E23 #23824E

tetradic

#4E2382 #822327 #578223 #23827E

square

#4E2382 #822327 #578223 #23827E

split-complementary

#4E2382 #827E23 #278223

monochromatic

#140922 #311652 #4E2382 #6B30B2 #8A50D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4E2382 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2382 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2382

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2382	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2382	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2382;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.150 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a7',
    500: '#4e2382',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2382;
$custom-light: #8562a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2382",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.158,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37171,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2382

secondary

#85B34D

accent

#E1479B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2382

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

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