#4E2288#4E2288

#4E2288 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.159 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2288
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 75%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 42.16, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 64.65, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0742 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.159 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1567, 4.5412, 23.7346)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2288 #5C8822

analogous

#222988 #4E2288 #812288

triadic

#4E2288 #884E22 #22884E

tetradic

#4E2288 #882229 #5C8822 #228881

square

#4E2288 #882229 #5C8822 #228881

split-complementary

#4E2288 #888122 #298822

monochromatic

#160A26 #321657 #4E2288 #6A2EB9 #8951D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4E2288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2288 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2288

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2288	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	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: #4e2288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.159 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ac',
    500: '#4e2288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2288;
$custom-light: #8561ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37563,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2288

secondary

#8AB74F

accent

#E3459F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2288

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

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