#4E247C#4E247C

#4E247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.142 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E247C
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 37.93, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 56.96, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0744 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.142 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4100, 4.3367, 19.5115)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E247C #527C24

analogous

#24267C #4E247C #7A247C

triadic

#4E247C #7C4E24 #247C4E

tetradic

#4E247C #7C2426 #527C24 #247C7A

square

#4E247C #7C2426 #527C24 #247C7A

split-complementary

#4E247C #7C7A24 #267C24

monochromatic

#12081D #30164D #4E247C #6C32AB #8A4FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4E247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E247C

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E247C	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.142 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a3',
    500: '#4e247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e247c;
$custom-light: #8462a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36804,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E247C

secondary

#80AE4D

accent

#DE4997

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E247C

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

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