#4E2488#4E2488

#4E2488 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.156 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2488
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 73.5%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.74, 41.16, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.74, 63.56, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0722 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.156 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2155, 4.6589, 23.7542)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2488 #5E8824

analogous

#242C88 #4E2488 #802488

triadic

#4E2488 #884E24 #24884E

tetradic

#4E2488 #88242C #5E8824 #248880

square

#4E2488 #88242C #5E8824 #248880

split-complementary

#4E2488 #888024 #2C8824

monochromatic

#160A27 #321758 #4E2488 #6A31B8 #8955D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E2488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2488

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2488	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.156 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ab',
    500: '#4e2488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2488;
$custom-light: #8563ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37814,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2488

secondary

#8CB652

accent

#E146A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2488

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

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