#4E2881#4E2881

#4E2881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.143 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2881
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 69%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 37.13, -43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 57.38, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0691 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.143 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.8621, 4.7222, 21.2619)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2881 #5B8128

analogous

#282E81 #4E2881 #7A2881

triadic

#4E2881 #814E28 #28814E

tetradic

#4E2881 #81282E #5B8128 #28817A

square

#4E2881 #81282E #5B8128 #28817A

split-complementary

#4E2881 #817A28 #2E8128

monochromatic

#160B24 #321A52 #4E2881 #6A36B0 #8958CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4E2881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4E2881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2881

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2881	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.143 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a6',
    500: '#4e2881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2881;
$custom-light: #8465a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 52.663,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37769,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2881

secondary

#89B054

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2881

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

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