#4E2187#4E2187

#4E2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.159 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2187
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 42.38, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 64.64, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.35% 0.0754 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(37.35% 0.159 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0578, 4.4566, 23.3526)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2187 #5A8721

analogous

#212787 #4E2187 #812187

triadic

#4E2187 #874E21 #21874E

tetradic

#4E2187 #872127 #5A8721 #218781

square

#4E2187 #872127 #5A8721 #218781

split-complementary

#4E2187 #878121 #278721

monochromatic

#150925 #321556 #4E2187 #6A2DB8 #894FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4E2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2187

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2187	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.159 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ab',
    500: '#4e2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2187;
$custom-light: #8561ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37353,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2187

secondary

#88B74D

accent

#E4449D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2187

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

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