#4E2482#4E2482

#4E2482 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.149 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2482
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 72.3%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 39.54, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 60.27, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.0734 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.149 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8010, 4.4931, 21.5710)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2482 #588224

analogous

#242982 #4E2482 #7D2482

triadic

#4E2482 #824E24 #24824E

tetradic

#4E2482 #822429 #588224 #24827D

square

#4E2482 #822429 #588224 #24827D

split-complementary

#4E2482 #827D24 #298224

monochromatic

#140922 #311752 #4E2482 #6B31B2 #8A51CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E2482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2482 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2482

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2482	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.149 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a7',
    500: '#4e2482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2482;
$custom-light: #8462a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37301,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2482

secondary

#86B34F

accent

#E0489C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2482

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

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