#4E287E#4E287E

#4E287E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.139 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E287E
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 36.31, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 55.69, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0695 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.139 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.6656, 4.6436, 20.2271)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E287E #587E28

analogous

#282D7E #4E287E #79287E

triadic

#4E287E #7E4E28 #287E4E

tetradic

#4E287E #7E282D #587E28 #287E79

square

#4E287E #7E282D #587E28 #287E79

split-complementary

#4E287E #7E7928 #2D7E28

monochromatic

#140B21 #311950 #4E287E #6B37AC #8A57CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#4E287E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E287E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E287E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E287E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E287E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e287e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.139 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a4',
    500: '#4e287e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e287e;
$custom-light: #8465a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e287e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37527,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E287E

secondary

#86AF53

accent

#DB4D9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E287E

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

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