#4E2589#4E2589

#4E2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.156 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2589
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 40.92, -48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 63.55, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.071 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.156 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3176, 4.7488, 24.1404)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2589 #608925

analogous

#252E89 #4E2589 #802589

triadic

#4E2589 #894E25 #25894E

tetradic

#4E2589 #89252E #608925 #258980

square

#4E2589 #89252E #608925 #258980

split-complementary

#4E2589 #898025 #2E8925

monochromatic

#170B29 #331859 #4E2589 #6932B9 #8957D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2589

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2589	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.156 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563ac',
    500: '#4e2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2589;
$custom-light: #8563ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3803,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2589

secondary

#8EB654

accent

#E147A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2589

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

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