#4E248A#4E248A

#4E248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.158 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E248A
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 41.70, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 64.65, 310.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0718 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.158 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3590, 4.7163, 24.5098)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E248A #608A24

analogous

#242D8A #4E248A #81248A

triadic

#4E248A #8A4E24 #248A4E

tetradic

#4E248A #8A242D #608A24 #248A81

square

#4E248A #8A242D #608A24 #248A81

split-complementary

#4E248A #8A8124 #2D8A24

monochromatic

#170B29 #331759 #4E248A #6931BB #8956D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#4E248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E248A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E248A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.158 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ad',
    500: '#4e248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e248a;
$custom-light: #8563ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37988,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E248A

secondary

#8EB753

accent

#E246A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E248A

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

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