#4E2586#4E2586

#4E2586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.153 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2586
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 40.10, -47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 61.90, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0716 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.153 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.1054, 4.6639, 23.0228)
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

#4E2586 #5D8625

analogous

#252C86 #4E2586 #7E2586

triadic

#4E2586 #864E25 #25864E

tetradic

#4E2586 #86252C #5D8625 #25867E

square

#4E2586 #86252C #5D8625 #25867E

split-complementary

#4E2586 #867E25 #2C8625

monochromatic

#160B26 #321856 #4E2586 #6A32B6 #8955D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4E2586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2586

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2586	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)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.153 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563aa',
    500: '#4e2586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2586;
$custom-light: #8563aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37772,
    "c": 0.15253,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2586

secondary

#8BB452

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2586

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

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