#4E2487#4E2487

#4E2487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.155 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2487
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 40.89, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 63.01, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0724 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.155 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1448, 4.6306, 23.3816)
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

#4E2487 #5D8724

analogous

#242B87 #4E2487 #7F2487

triadic

#4E2487 #874E24 #24874E

tetradic

#4E2487 #87242B #5D8724 #24877F

square

#4E2487 #87242B #5D8724 #24877F

split-complementary

#4E2487 #877F24 #2B8724

monochromatic

#160A26 #321757 #4E2487 #6A31B7 #8954D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4E2487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2487

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2487	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.155 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ab',
    500: '#4e2487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2487;
$custom-light: #8563ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37728,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2487

secondary

#8BB551

accent

#E147A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2487

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

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