#4E288C#4E288C

#4E288C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.156 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E288C
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 71.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 40.18, -49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 63.49, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0673 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.156 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6330, 5.0305, 25.3220)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E288C #668C28

analogous

#28348C #4E288C #80288C

triadic

#4E288C #8C4E28 #288C4E

tetradic

#4E288C #8C2834 #668C28 #288C80

square

#4E288C #8C2834 #668C28 #288C80

split-complementary

#4E288C #8C8028 #348C28

monochromatic

#190D2D #331A5C #4E288C #6936BC #895ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E288C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E288C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E288C

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E288C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E288C	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e288c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.156 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565ae',
    500: '#4e288c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e288c;
$custom-light: #8565ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e288c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38688,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E288C

secondary

#93B65A

accent

#DF49A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E288C

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

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