#4E2388#4E2388

#4E2388 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.157 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2388
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 74.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 41.66, -48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 64.11, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0732 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.157 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1857, 4.5992, 23.7442)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2388 #5D8823

analogous

#232A88 #4E2388 #802388

triadic

#4E2388 #884E23 #23884E

tetradic

#4E2388 #88232A #5D8823 #238880

square

#4E2388 #88232A #5D8823 #238880

split-complementary

#4E2388 #888023 #2A8823

monochromatic

#160A27 #321657 #4E2388 #6A30B9 #8953D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#4E2388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2388 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2388

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2388	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.157 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ac',
    500: '#4e2388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2388;
$custom-light: #8562ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 59.064,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37687,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2388

secondary

#8BB750

accent

#E246A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2388

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

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