#4E2588#4E2588

#4E2588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.155 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2588
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 40.65, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 63.00, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.0712 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.155 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2462, 4.7203, 23.7644)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2588 #5F8825

analogous

#252E88 #4E2588 #802588

triadic

#4E2588 #884E25 #25884E

tetradic

#4E2588 #88252E #5F8825 #258880

square

#4E2588 #88252E #5F8825 #258880

split-complementary

#4E2588 #888025 #2E8825

monochromatic

#170B28 #321858 #4E2588 #6A32B8 #8956D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4E2588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2588

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2588	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.155 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ab',
    500: '#4e2588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2588;
$custom-light: #8563ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37944,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2588

secondary

#8DB653

accent

#E047A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2588

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

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