#4E2186#4E2186

#4E2186 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.157 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2186
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 134)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 42.11, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 64.10, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0756 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.157 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9877, 4.4285, 22.9836)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2186 #598621

analogous

#212686 #4E2186 #812186

triadic

#4E2186 #864E21 #21864E

tetradic

#4E2186 #862126 #598621 #218681

square

#4E2186 #862126 #598621 #218681

split-complementary

#4E2186 #868121 #268621

monochromatic

#150924 #311555 #4E2186 #6B2DB7 #894ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4E2186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2186 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2186

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2186	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.157 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561aa',
    500: '#4e2186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2186;
$custom-light: #8561aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.733,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37266,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2186

secondary

#87B74C

accent

#E4449D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2186

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

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