#4E287F#4E287F

#4E287F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.140 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E287F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 127)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 68.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 36.58, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 56.26, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0693 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.14 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7305, 4.6695, 20.5686)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E287F #597F28

analogous

#282D7F #4E287F #79287F

triadic

#4E287F #7F4E28 #287F4E

tetradic

#4E287F #7F282D #597F28 #287F79

square

#4E287F #7F282D #597F28 #287F79

split-complementary

#4E287F #7F7928 #2D7F28

monochromatic

#150B22 #311950 #4E287F #6B37AE #8957CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4E287F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E287F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E287F

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E287F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E287F	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e287f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.140 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a5',
    500: '#4e287f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e287f;
$custom-light: #8465a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e287f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 52.096,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37607,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E287F

secondary

#87AF54

accent

#DC4C9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E287F

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

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