#4E2789#4E2789

#4E2789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.154 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2789
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 39.88, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 62.41, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0689 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.154 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3816, 4.8767, 24.1618)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2789 #628927

analogous

#273189 #4E2789 #7F2789

triadic

#4E2789 #894E27 #27894E

tetradic

#4E2789 #892731 #628927 #27897F

square

#4E2789 #892731 #628927 #27897F

split-complementary

#4E2789 #897F27 #318927

monochromatic

#180C2A #331959 #4E2789 #6935B9 #895AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4E2789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2789

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2789	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.154 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ac',
    500: '#4e2789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2789;
$custom-light: #8564ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.878,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38296,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2789

secondary

#90B557

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2789

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

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