#4E2386#4E2386

#4E2386 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.155 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2386
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 73.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 41.12, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 63.02, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0736 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.155 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0449, 4.5429, 23.0026)
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

#4E2386 #5B8623

analogous

#232986 #4E2386 #7F2386

triadic

#4E2386 #864E23 #23864E

tetradic

#4E2386 #862329 #5B8623 #23867F

square

#4E2386 #862329 #5B8623 #23867F

split-complementary

#4E2386 #867F23 #298623

monochromatic

#160A25 #321655 #4E2386 #6A30B7 #8952D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4E2386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2386

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2386	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.155 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562aa',
    500: '#4e2386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2386;
$custom-light: #8562aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37513,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2386

secondary

#89B54F

accent

#E2469E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2386

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

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