#4E2880#4E2880

#4E2880 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.141 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2880
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 36.86, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 56.82, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0692 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.141 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7960, 4.6957, 20.9135)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2880 #5A8028

analogous

#282E80 #4E2880 #7A2880

triadic

#4E2880 #804E28 #28804E

tetradic

#4E2880 #80282E #5A8028 #28807A

square

#4E2880 #80282E #5A8028 #28807A

split-complementary

#4E2880 #807A28 #2E8028

monochromatic

#150B23 #321951 #4E2880 #6A37AF #8958CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4E2880 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2880 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2880

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2880	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2880	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2880;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.141 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a5',
    500: '#4e2880',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2880;
$custom-light: #8465a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2880",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37688,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2880

secondary

#88B054

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2880

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

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