#4E2886#4E2886

#4E2886 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.149 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2886
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 38.51, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 60.17, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.0683 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.149 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2026, 4.8584, 23.0552)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2886 #608628

analogous

#283186 #4E2886 #7D2886

triadic

#4E2886 #864E28 #28864E

tetradic

#4E2886 #862831 #608628 #28867D

square

#4E2886 #862831 #608628 #28867D

split-complementary

#4E2886 #867D28 #318628

monochromatic

#170C28 #331A57 #4E2886 #6936B5 #895BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4E2886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2886 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2886

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2886	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.149 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565aa',
    500: '#4e2886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2886;
$custom-light: #8565aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 54.023,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38181,
    "c": 0.14862,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2886

secondary

#8EB357

accent

#DD4AA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2886

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

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