#4E287D#4E287D

#4E287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.138 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E287D
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 36.04, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 55.13, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0696 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.138 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6014, 4.6179, 19.8889)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E287D #577D28

analogous

#282C7D #4E287D #79287D

triadic

#4E287D #7D4E28 #287D4E

tetradic

#4E287D #7D282C #577D28 #287D79

square

#4E287D #7D282C #577D28 #287D79

split-complementary

#4E287D #7D7928 #2C7D28

monochromatic

#140A20 #31194F #4E287D #6B37AB #8A56C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#4E287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E287D

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E287D	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.138 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a3',
    500: '#4e287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e287d;
$custom-light: #8465a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.824,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37447,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E287D

secondary

#85AE53

accent

#DB4D9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E287D

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

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