#4E247F#4E247F

#4E247F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.146 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E247F
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 38.73, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 58.62, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0739 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.146 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6026, 4.4137, 20.5259)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E247F #557F24

analogous

#24287F #4E247F #7C247F

triadic

#4E247F #7F4E24 #247F4E

tetradic

#4E247F #7F2428 #557F24 #247F7C

square

#4E247F #7F2428 #557F24 #247F7C

split-complementary

#4E247F #7F7C24 #287F24

monochromatic

#130920 #31164F #4E247F #6B32AF #8A50CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4E247F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E247F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E247F

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E247F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E247F	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e247f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.146 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a5',
    500: '#4e247f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e247f;
$custom-light: #8462a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e247f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 55.828,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37051,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E247F

secondary

#83B14E

accent

#DF499A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E247F

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