#4E2587#4E2587

#4E2587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.154 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2587
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 40.37, -47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 62.45, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0714 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.154 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1755, 4.6920, 23.3919)
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

#4E2587 #5E8725

analogous

#252D87 #4E2587 #7F2587

triadic

#4E2587 #874E25 #25874E

tetradic

#4E2587 #87252D #5E8725 #25877F

square

#4E2587 #87252D #5E8725 #25877F

split-complementary

#4E2587 #877F25 #2D8725

monochromatic

#160B27 #321857 #4E2587 #6A32B7 #8956D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4E2587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2587

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2587	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	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: #4e2587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.154 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ab',
    500: '#4e2587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2587;
$custom-light: #8563ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37858,
    "c": 0.15371,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2587

secondary

#8CB553

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2587

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

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