#4E248C#4E248C

#4E248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.161 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E248C
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 42.25, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 65.74, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0713 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.161 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5051, 4.7747, 25.2794)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E248C #628C24

analogous

#242E8C #4E248C #82248C

triadic

#4E248C #8C4E24 #248C4E

tetradic

#4E248C #8C242E #628C24 #248C82

square

#4E248C #8C242E #628C24 #248C82

split-complementary

#4E248C #8C8224 #2E8C24

monochromatic

#180B2B #33175B #4E248C #6931BD #8957D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4E248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E248C

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E248C	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.161 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663ae',
    500: '#4e248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e248c;
$custom-light: #8663ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38164,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E248C

secondary

#90B854

accent

#E246A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E248C

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

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