#4E2786#4E2786

#4E2786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.150 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2786
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 39.05, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 60.76, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0694 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.15 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1694, 4.7918, 23.0441)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2786 #5F8627

analogous

#273086 #4E2786 #7E2786

triadic

#4E2786 #864E27 #27864E

tetradic

#4E2786 #862730 #5F8627 #27867E

square

#4E2786 #862730 #5F8627 #27867E

split-complementary

#4E2786 #867E27 #308627

monochromatic

#170B27 #321957 #4E2786 #6A35B5 #8959CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4E2786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2786

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2786	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.150 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564aa',
    500: '#4e2786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2786;
$custom-light: #8564aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.632,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38042,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2786

secondary

#8DB455

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2786

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

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