#4E2888#4E2888

#4E2888 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.151 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2888
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 136)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 70.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 39.07, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 61.28, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.068 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.151 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3435, 4.9147, 23.7968)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2888 #628828

analogous

#283288 #4E2888 #7E2888

triadic

#4E2888 #884E28 #28884E

tetradic

#4E2888 #882832 #628828 #28887E

square

#4E2888 #882832 #628828 #28887E

split-complementary

#4E2888 #887E28 #328828

monochromatic

#180C29 #331A59 #4E2888 #6936B7 #895BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4E2888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2888 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2888

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2888	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.151 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ab',
    500: '#4e2888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2888;
$custom-light: #8565ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.75,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38348,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2888

secondary

#90B458

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2888

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

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