#4E2687#4E2687

#4E2687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.152 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2687
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 39.85, -47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 61.88, 310.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0703 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.152 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2070, 4.7551, 23.4024)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2687 #5F8726

analogous

#262F87 #4E2687 #7F2687

triadic

#4E2687 #874E26 #26874E

tetradic

#4E2687 #87262F #5F8726 #26877F

square

#4E2687 #87262F #5F8726 #26877F

split-complementary

#4E2687 #877F26 #2F8726

monochromatic

#170B27 #321957 #4E2687 #6A33B7 #8958D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#4E2687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2687

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2687	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.152 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ab',
    500: '#4e2687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2687;
$custom-light: #8564ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37991,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2687

secondary

#8DB554

accent

#DF48A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2687

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

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