#4E2884#4E2884

#4E2884 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.146 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2884
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 37.96, -45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 59.05, 310.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.0686 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.146 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.0645, 4.8031, 22.3275)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2884 #5E8428

analogous

#283084 #4E2884 #7C2884

triadic

#4E2884 #844E28 #28844E

tetradic

#4E2884 #842830 #5E8428 #28847C

square

#4E2884 #842830 #5E8428 #28847C

split-complementary

#4E2884 #847C28 #308428

monochromatic

#160C26 #321A55 #4E2884 #6A36B3 #895ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E2884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E2884 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2884

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2884	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.146 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a8',
    500: '#4e2884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2884;
$custom-light: #8465a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38015,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2884

secondary

#8CB256

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2884

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

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