#4E247E#4E247E

#4E247E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.144 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E247E
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 38.46, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 58.06, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0741 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.144 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5377, 4.3878, 20.1844)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E247E #547E24

analogous

#24277E #4E247E #7B247E

triadic

#4E247E #7E4E24 #247E4E

tetradic

#4E247E #7E2427 #547E24 #247E7B

square

#4E247E #7E2427 #547E24 #247E7B

split-complementary

#4E247E #7E7B24 #277E24

monochromatic

#13091F #31164E #4E247E #6B32AE #8A50CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4E247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E247E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E247E	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.144 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a4',
    500: '#4e247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e247e;
$custom-light: #8462a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36968,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E247E

secondary

#82B04E

accent

#DF4999

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E247E

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

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