#4E2785#4E2785

#4E2785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.149 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2785
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 70.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 38.77, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 60.20, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0696 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.149 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1000, 4.7641, 22.6786)
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

#4E2785 #5E8527

analogous

#272F85 #4E2785 #7D2785

triadic

#4E2785 #854E27 #27854E

tetradic

#4E2785 #85272F #5E8527 #27857D

square

#4E2785 #85272F #5E8527 #27857D

split-complementary

#4E2785 #857D27 #2F8527

monochromatic

#160B26 #321956 #4E2785 #6A35B4 #8958CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4E2785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2785

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2785	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.149 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564a9',
    500: '#4e2785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2785;
$custom-light: #8564a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.894,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37958,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2785

secondary

#8CB355

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2785

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

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