#4E2087#4E2087

#4E2087 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.160 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2087
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 42.86, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 65.16, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0764 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.16 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0305, 4.4019, 23.3435)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2087 #598720

analogous

#202587 #4E2087 #812087

triadic

#4E2087 #874E20 #20874E

tetradic

#4E2087 #872025 #598720 #208781

square

#4E2087 #872025 #598720 #208781

split-complementary

#4E2087 #878120 #258720

monochromatic

#150924 #311456 #4E2087 #6B2CB8 #894DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2087 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2087 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2087

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2087	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2087	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2087;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.160 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560ab',
    500: '#4e2087',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2087;
$custom-light: #8560ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2087",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.796,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37234,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2087

secondary

#87B84B

accent

#E5439D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2087

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

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