#4E3282#4E3282

#4E3282 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.129 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3282
RGB	rgb(78, 50, 130)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 62%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 61.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.15, 31.63, -40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.15, 51.61, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0568 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.129 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3107, 5.5125, 21.7409)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3282 #668232

analogous

#323E82 #4E3282 #763282

triadic

#4E3282 #824E32 #32824E

tetradic

#4E3282 #82323E #668232 #328276

square

#4E3282 #82323E #668232 #328276

split-complementary

#4E3282 #827632 #3E8232

monochromatic

#19102A #332156 #4E3282 #6943AE #8969C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4E3282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E3282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3282

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3282	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E4180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 50, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.129 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ba7',
    500: '#4e3282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3282;
$custom-light: #836ba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39401,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3282

secondary

#93AD63

accent

#D454A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3282

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

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