#4E2384#4E2384

#4E2384 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.153 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2384
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 132)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 73.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 40.59, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 61.93, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0741 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.153 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.9067, 4.4876, 22.2749)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2384 #598423

analogous

#232884 #4E2384 #7E2384

triadic

#4E2384 #844E23 #23844E

tetradic

#4E2384 #842328 #598423 #23847E

square

#4E2384 #842328 #598423 #23847E

split-complementary

#4E2384 #847E23 #288423

monochromatic

#150923 #311654 #4E2384 #6B30B4 #8951D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4E2384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2384 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2384

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2384	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.153 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a9',
    500: '#4e2384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2384;
$custom-light: #8562a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 58.084,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37341,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2384

secondary

#87B44E

accent

#E1469D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2384

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

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