#4E2882#4E2882

#4E2882 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.144 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2882
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 130)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 69.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 37.41, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 57.94, 310.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0689 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.144 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9289, 4.7489, 21.6137)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2882 #5C8228

analogous

#282F82 #4E2882 #7B2882

triadic

#4E2882 #824E28 #28824E

tetradic

#4E2882 #82282F #5C8228 #28827B

square

#4E2882 #82282F #5C8228 #28827B

split-complementary

#4E2882 #827B28 #2F8228

monochromatic

#160B24 #321A53 #4E2882 #6A36B1 #8959CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E2882 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2882 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2882

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2882	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2882	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2882;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.144 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a7',
    500: '#4e2882',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2882;
$custom-light: #8465a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2882",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3785,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2882

secondary

#8AB155

accent

#DC4B9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2882

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

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