#4E2688#4E2688

#4E2688 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.154 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2688
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 40.13, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 62.44, 309.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0701 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.154 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2778, 4.7833, 23.7749)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2688 #608826

analogous

#262F88 #4E2688 #7F2688

triadic

#4E2688 #884E26 #26884E

tetradic

#4E2688 #88262F #608826 #26887F

square

#4E2688 #88262F #608826 #26887F

split-complementary

#4E2688 #887F26 #2F8826

monochromatic

#170B28 #331958 #4E2688 #6933B8 #8958D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4E2688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2688 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2688

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2688	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.154 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ab',
    500: '#4e2688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2688;
$custom-light: #8564ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38076,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2688

secondary

#8EB555

accent

#E048A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2688

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

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