#4E2286#4E2286

#4E2286 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.156 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2286
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 41.62, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 63.56, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0746 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.156 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0159, 4.4849, 22.9930)
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

#4E2286 #5A8622

analogous

#222886 #4E2286 #802286

triadic

#4E2286 #864E22 #22864E

tetradic

#4E2286 #862228 #5A8622 #228680

square

#4E2286 #862228 #5A8622 #228680

split-complementary

#4E2286 #868022 #288622

monochromatic

#150924 #321655 #4E2286 #6A2EB7 #8950D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4E2286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2286 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2286

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2286	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)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.156 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561aa',
    500: '#4e2286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2286;
$custom-light: #8561aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37388,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2286

secondary

#88B64E

accent

#E3459D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2286

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

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