#4E2383#4E2383

#4E2383 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.152 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2383
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 131)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 40.32, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 61.38, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0743 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.152 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8386, 4.4604, 21.9163)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2383 #588323

analogous

#232883 #4E2383 #7E2383

triadic

#4E2383 #834E23 #23834E

tetradic

#4E2383 #832328 #588323 #23837E

square

#4E2383 #832328 #588323 #23837E

split-complementary

#4E2383 #837E23 #288323

monochromatic

#140922 #311653 #4E2383 #6B30B3 #8A50D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4E2383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2383 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2383

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2383	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.152 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a8',
    500: '#4e2383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2383;
$custom-light: #8562a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37256,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2383

secondary

#86B44E

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2383

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

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