#4E2189#4E2189

#4E2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.161 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2189
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 42.91, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 65.72, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0749 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.161 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1999, 4.5134, 24.1012)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2189 #5C8921

analogous

#212889 #4E2189 #822189

triadic

#4E2189 #894E21 #21894E

tetradic

#4E2189 #892128 #5C8921 #218982

square

#4E2189 #892128 #5C8921 #218982

split-complementary

#4E2189 #898221 #288921

monochromatic

#160926 #321558 #4E2189 #6A2DBA #8950D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4E2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2189

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2189	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.161 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661ac',
    500: '#4e2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2189;
$custom-light: #8661ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.962,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3753,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2189

secondary

#8AB84E

accent

#E4449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2189

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →