#4E2480#4E2480

#4E2480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.147 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2480
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 39.00, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 59.17, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0737 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.147 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6681, 4.4399, 20.8709)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2480 #568024

analogous

#242880 #4E2480 #7C2480

triadic

#4E2480 #804E24 #24804E

tetradic

#4E2480 #802428 #568024 #24807C

square

#4E2480 #802428 #568024 #24807C

split-complementary

#4E2480 #807C24 #288024

monochromatic

#140920 #311750 #4E2480 #6B31B0 #8A50CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#4E2480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2480

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2480	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.147 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a6',
    500: '#4e2480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2480;
$custom-light: #8462a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37134,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2480

secondary

#84B24E

accent

#DF489A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2480

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

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