#4E2685#4E2685

#4E2685 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.150 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2685
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 39.31, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 60.78, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% 0.0707 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.15 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0676, 4.6993, 22.6678)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2685 #5D8526

analogous

#262D85 #4E2685 #7D2685

triadic

#4E2685 #854E26 #26854E

tetradic

#4E2685 #85262D #5D8526 #26857D

square

#4E2685 #85262D #5D8526 #26857D

split-complementary

#4E2685 #857D26 #2D8526

monochromatic

#160B26 #321855 #4E2685 #6A34B5 #8957CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4E2685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2685

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2685	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)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.150 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564a9',
    500: '#4e2685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2685;
$custom-light: #8564a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37821,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2685

secondary

#8BB353

accent

#DF49A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2685

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

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