#4E2385#4E2385

#4E2385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.154 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2385
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 73.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 40.86, -47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 62.47, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0739 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.154 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9755, 4.5151, 22.6371)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2385 #5A8523

analogous

#232985 #4E2385 #7F2385

triadic

#4E2385 #854E23 #23854E

tetradic

#4E2385 #852329 #5A8523 #23857F

square

#4E2385 #852329 #5A8523 #23857F

split-complementary

#4E2385 #857F23 #298523

monochromatic

#150924 #321655 #4E2385 #6A30B5 #8951D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4E2385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2385

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2385	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.154 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a9',
    500: '#4e2385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2385;
$custom-light: #8562a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.327,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37427,
    "c": 0.15387,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2385

secondary

#88B54F

accent

#E2469D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2385

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

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