#4E2287#4E2287

#4E2287 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.157 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2287
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 41.89, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 64.11, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0744 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.157 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0860, 4.5129, 23.3620)
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

#4E2287 #5B8722

analogous

#222887 #4E2287 #802287

triadic

#4E2287 #874E22 #22874E

tetradic

#4E2287 #872228 #5B8722 #228780

square

#4E2287 #872228 #5B8722 #228780

split-complementary

#4E2287 #878022 #288722

monochromatic

#160925 #321656 #4E2287 #6A2EB8 #8950D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4E2287 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2287 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2287

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2287	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2287	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)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2287;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.157 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ab',
    500: '#4e2287',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2287;
$custom-light: #8561ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2287",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37475,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2287

secondary

#89B74E

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2287

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

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