#4E2689#4E2689

#4E2689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.155 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2689
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 40.40, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 62.99, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.07 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.155 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3492, 4.8119, 24.1510)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2689 #618926

analogous

#263089 #4E2689 #802689

triadic

#4E2689 #894E26 #26894E

tetradic

#4E2689 #892630 #618926 #268980

square

#4E2689 #892630 #618926 #268980

split-complementary

#4E2689 #898026 #308926

monochromatic

#170B29 #331959 #4E2689 #6933B9 #8959D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4E2689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2689

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2689	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.155 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ac',
    500: '#4e2689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2689;
$custom-light: #8564ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 56.571,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38161,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2689

secondary

#8FB655

accent

#E048A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2689

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

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