#4E2885#4E2885

#4E2885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.147 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2885
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 69.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 38.23, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 59.61, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0685 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.147 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1332, 4.8306, 22.6896)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2885 #5F8528

analogous

#283185 #4E2885 #7D2885

triadic

#4E2885 #854E28 #28854E

tetradic

#4E2885 #852831 #5F8528 #28857D

square

#4E2885 #852831 #5F8528 #28857D

split-complementary

#4E2885 #857D28 #318528

monochromatic

#170C27 #321A56 #4E2885 #6A36B4 #895ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4E2885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2885

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2885	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.147 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565a9',
    500: '#4e2885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2885;
$custom-light: #8565a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.516,
    "s": 53.757,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38098,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2885

secondary

#8DB356

accent

#DD4BA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2885

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

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