#4E2887#4E2887

#4E2887 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.150 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2887
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 38.79, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 60.72, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0682 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.15 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2727, 4.8864, 23.4243)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2887 #618728

analogous

#283287 #4E2887 #7E2887

triadic

#4E2887 #874E28 #28874E

tetradic

#4E2887 #872832 #618728 #28877E

square

#4E2887 #872832 #618728 #28877E

split-complementary

#4E2887 #877E28 #328728

monochromatic

#170C29 #331A58 #4E2887 #6936B6 #895BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E2887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2887 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2887

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2887	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.150 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ab',
    500: '#4e2887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2887;
$custom-light: #8565ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38264,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2887

secondary

#8FB457

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2887

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

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