#4E2289#4E2289

#4E2289 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.160 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2289
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 42.43, -49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 65.19, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.074 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.16 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2281, 4.5698, 24.1106)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2289 #5D8922

analogous

#222989 #4E2289 #812289

triadic

#4E2289 #894E22 #22894E

tetradic

#4E2289 #892229 #5D8922 #228981

square

#4E2289 #892229 #5D8922 #228981

split-complementary

#4E2289 #898122 #298922

monochromatic

#160A27 #321658 #4E2289 #6A2EBA #8951D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4E2289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2289 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2289

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2289	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.160 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ac',
    500: '#4e2289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2289;
$custom-light: #8562ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.631,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37651,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2289

secondary

#8BB84F

accent

#E3449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2289

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

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