#4E247D#4E247D

#4E247D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.143 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E247D
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 38.20, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 57.51, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0742 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.143 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4735, 4.3621, 19.8463)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E247D #537D24

analogous

#24267D #4E247D #7B247D

triadic

#4E247D #7D4E24 #247D4E

tetradic

#4E247D #7D2426 #537D24 #247D7B

square

#4E247D #7D2426 #537D24 #247D7B

split-complementary

#4E247D #7D7B24 #267D24

monochromatic

#13091E #30164D #4E247D #6C32AD #8A4FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#4E247D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E247D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E247D

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E247D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E247D	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e247d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.143 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a3',
    500: '#4e247d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e247d;
$custom-light: #8462a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e247d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.315,
    "s": 55.28,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36886,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E247D

secondary

#81AF4D

accent

#DF4998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E247D

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

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