#4E2883#4E2883

#4E2883 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.145 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2883
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 69.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 37.68, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 58.50, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0688 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.145 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9964, 4.7759, 21.9689)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2883 #5D8328

analogous

#282F83 #4E2883 #7B2883

triadic

#4E2883 #834E28 #28834E

tetradic

#4E2883 #83282F #5D8328 #28837B

square

#4E2883 #83282F #5D8328 #28837B

split-complementary

#4E2883 #837B28 #2F8328

monochromatic

#160B25 #321A54 #4E2883 #6A36B2 #8959CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#4E2883 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2883 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2883

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2883	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2883	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2883;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.145 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a8',
    500: '#4e2883',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2883;
$custom-light: #8465a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2883",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 53.216,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37932,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2883

secondary

#8BB155

accent

#DD4BA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2883

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

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