#4E2485#4E2485

#4E2485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.153 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2485
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 40.35, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 61.92, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0728 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.153 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0053, 4.5748, 22.6470)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2485 #5B8524

analogous

#242B85 #4E2485 #7E2485

triadic

#4E2485 #854E24 #24854E

tetradic

#4E2485 #85242B #5B8524 #24857E

square

#4E2485 #85242B #5B8524 #24857E

split-complementary

#4E2485 #857E24 #2B8524

monochromatic

#160A25 #321755 #4E2485 #6A31B5 #8953D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4E2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2485

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2485	1.00	10.97	1.92	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.153 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a9',
    500: '#4e2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2485;
$custom-light: #8562a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.979,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37556,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2485

secondary

#89B450

accent

#E1479E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2485

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

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