#4E288B#4E288B

#4E288B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.155 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E288B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.74, 39.90, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.74, 62.94, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0675 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.155 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5596, 5.0012, 24.9354)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E288B #658B28

analogous

#28348B #4E288B #7F288B

triadic

#4E288B #8B4E28 #288B4E

tetradic

#4E288B #8B2834 #658B28 #288B7F

square

#4E288B #8B2834 #658B28 #288B7F

split-complementary

#4E288B #8B7F28 #348B28

monochromatic

#190D2C #331A5B #4E288B #6936BB #895DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#4E288B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E288B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E288B

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E288B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E288B	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e288b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.155 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ae',
    500: '#4e288b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e288b;
$custom-light: #8565ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e288b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38603,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E288B

secondary

#92B659

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E288B

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

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