#4E248D#4E248D

#4E248D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.162 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E248D
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 74.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 42.52, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 66.28, 309.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0711 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.162 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.5792, 4.8043, 25.6695)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E248D #638D24

analogous

#242F8D #4E248D #83248D

triadic

#4E248D #8D4E24 #248D4E

tetradic

#4E248D #8D242F #638D24 #248D83

square

#4E248D #8D242F #638D24 #248D83

split-complementary

#4E248D #8D8324 #2F8D24

monochromatic

#180B2B #33185C #4E248D #6930BE #8957D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E248D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E248D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E248D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E248D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E248D	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e248d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.162 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663af',
    500: '#4e248d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e248d;
$custom-light: #8663af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e248d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38252,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E248D

secondary

#90B854

accent

#E345A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E248D

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

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