#4E2889#4E2889

#4E2889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.152 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2889
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 39.34, -47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 61.83, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0678 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.152 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4148, 4.9433, 24.1729)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2889 #638928

analogous

#283389 #4E2889 #7E2889

triadic

#4E2889 #894E28 #28894E

tetradic

#4E2889 #892833 #638928 #28897E

square

#4E2889 #892833 #638928 #28897E

split-complementary

#4E2889 #897E28 #338928

monochromatic

#180C2A #331A5A #4E2889 #6936B8 #895CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4E2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2889

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2889	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.152 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ac',
    500: '#4e2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2889;
$custom-light: #8565ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.505,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38433,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2889

secondary

#90B558

accent

#DE4AA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2889

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

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