#4E2486#4E2486

#4E2486 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.154 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2486
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 40.62, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 62.47, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0726 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.154 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0747, 4.6026, 23.0126)
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

#4E2486 #5C8624

analogous

#242B86 #4E2486 #7F2486

triadic

#4E2486 #864E24 #24864E

tetradic

#4E2486 #86242B #5C8624 #24867F

square

#4E2486 #86242B #5C8624 #24867F

split-complementary

#4E2486 #867F24 #2B8624

monochromatic

#160A26 #321756 #4E2486 #6A31B6 #8953D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E2486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E2486 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2486

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2486	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.154 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563aa',
    500: '#4e2486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2486;
$custom-light: #8563aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37642,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2486

secondary

#8AB551

accent

#E1479F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2486

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

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