#4E2788#4E2788

#4E2788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.152 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2788
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 39.60, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 61.86, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0691 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.152 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.3102, 4.8482, 23.7857)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2788 #618827

analogous

#273088 #4E2788 #7F2788

triadic

#4E2788 #884E27 #27884E

tetradic

#4E2788 #882730 #618827 #27887F

square

#4E2788 #882730 #618827 #27887F

split-complementary

#4E2788 #887F27 #308827

monochromatic

#170C29 #331958 #4E2788 #6935B8 #895AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4E2788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2788

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2788	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.152 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ab',
    500: '#4e2788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2788;
$custom-light: #8564ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38211,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2788

secondary

#8FB556

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2788

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

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