#4E2387#4E2387

#4E2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.156 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2387
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 41.39, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 63.57, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0734 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.156 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.1150, 4.5709, 23.3717)
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

#4E2387 #5C8723

analogous

#232A87 #4E2387 #802387

triadic

#4E2387 #874E23 #23874E

tetradic

#4E2387 #87232A #5C8723 #238780

square

#4E2387 #87232A #5C8723 #238780

split-complementary

#4E2387 #878023 #2A8723

monochromatic

#160A26 #321656 #4E2387 #6A30B8 #8952D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4E2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2387

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2387	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)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.156 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ab',
    500: '#4e2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2387;
$custom-light: #8562ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.376,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2387

secondary

#8AB650

accent

#E2469F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2387

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

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