#4E2489#4E2489

#4E2489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.157 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2489
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 41.43, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 64.11, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.072 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.157 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2869, 4.6874, 24.1302)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2489 #5F8924

analogous

#242D89 #4E2489 #812489

triadic

#4E2489 #894E24 #24894E

tetradic

#4E2489 #89242D #5F8924 #248981

square

#4E2489 #89242D #5F8924 #248981

split-complementary

#4E2489 #898124 #2D8924

monochromatic

#170B28 #321759 #4E2489 #6A31B9 #8955D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4E2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2489

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2489	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	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: #4e2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.157 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ac',
    500: '#4e2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2489;
$custom-light: #8563ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37901,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2489

secondary

#8DB752

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2489

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

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