#4E248E#4E248E

#4E248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.163 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E248E
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 42.79, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 66.82, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0709 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.163 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6539, 4.8342, 26.0631)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E248E #648E24

analogous

#242F8E #4E248E #83248E

triadic

#4E248E #8E4E24 #248E4E

tetradic

#4E248E #8E242F #648E24 #248E83

square

#4E248E #8E242F #648E24 #248E83

split-complementary

#4E248E #8E8324 #2F8E24

monochromatic

#180B2C #33185D #4E248E #6930BF #8958D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E248E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E248E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.163 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b0',
    500: '#4e248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e248e;
$custom-light: #8663b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38341,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E248E

secondary

#91B955

accent

#E345A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E248E

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

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