#4E2389#4E2389

#4E2389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.159 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2389
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 41.93, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 64.65, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.073 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.159 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2571, 4.6278, 24.1203)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2389 #5E8923

analogous

#232B89 #4E2389 #812389

triadic

#4E2389 #894E23 #23894E

tetradic

#4E2389 #89232B #5E8923 #238981

square

#4E2389 #89232B #5E8923 #238981

split-complementary

#4E2389 #898123 #2B8923

monochromatic

#160A28 #321758 #4E2389 #6A2FBA #8953D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#4E2389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2389

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2389	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.159 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562ac',
    500: '#4e2389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2389;
$custom-light: #8562ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37775,
    "c": 0.15851,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2389

secondary

#8CB751

accent

#E245A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2389

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

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