#4E2188#4E2188

#4E2188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.160 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2188
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 42.64, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 65.18, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0752 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.16 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1285, 4.4849, 23.7252)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2188 #5B8821

analogous

#212788 #4E2188 #812188

triadic

#4E2188 #884E21 #21884E

tetradic

#4E2188 #882127 #5B8821 #218881

square

#4E2188 #882127 #5B8821 #218881

split-complementary

#4E2188 #888121 #278821

monochromatic

#160925 #321557 #4E2188 #6A2DB9 #894FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4E2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2188

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2188	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.160 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ac',
    500: '#4e2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2188;
$custom-light: #8561ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.214,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37442,
    "c": 0.15973,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2188

secondary

#89B84D

accent

#E4449E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2188

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

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