#4E288A#4E288A

#4E288A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.153 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E288A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 71%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 39.62, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 62.39, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0677 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.153 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4869, 4.9721, 24.5524)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E288A #648A28

analogous

#28338A #4E288A #7F288A

triadic

#4E288A #8A4E28 #288A4E

tetradic

#4E288A #8A2833 #648A28 #288A7F

square

#4E288A #8A2833 #648A28 #288A7F

split-complementary

#4E288A #8A7F28 #338A28

monochromatic

#180C2B #331A5B #4E288A #6936B9 #895DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4E288A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E288A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E288A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E288A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E288A	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e288a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.153 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ad',
    500: '#4e288a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e288a;
$custom-light: #8565ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e288a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38517,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E288A

secondary

#91B559

accent

#DE49A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E288A

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

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