#4E287B#4E287B

#4E287B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.135 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E287B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 67%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 35.49, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 54.01, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0698 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.135 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4750, 4.5673, 19.2228)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E287B #557B28

analogous

#282C7B #4E287B #78287B

triadic

#4E287B #7B4E28 #287B4E

tetradic

#4E287B #7B282C #557B28 #287B78

square

#4E287B #7B282C #557B28 #287B78

split-complementary

#4E287B #7B7828 #2C7B28

monochromatic

#130A1F #31194D #4E287B #6B37A9 #8A56C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#4E287B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E287B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E287B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E287B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E287B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e287b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.135 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a2',
    500: '#4e287b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e287b;
$custom-light: #8364a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e287b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.47,
    "s": 50.92,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37289,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E287B

secondary

#83AD52

accent

#DA4D9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E287B

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

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