#4E288D#4E288D

#4E288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.157 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E288D
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 40.46, -49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 64.04, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0671 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.157 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7071, 5.0602, 25.7121)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E288D #678D28

analogous

#28358D #4E288D #80288D

triadic

#4E288D #8D4E28 #288D4E

tetradic

#4E288D #8D2835 #678D28 #288D80

square

#4E288D #8D2835 #678D28 #288D80

split-complementary

#4E288D #8D8028 #358D28

monochromatic

#190D2E #341A5D #4E288D #6836BD #895ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E288D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E288D	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.157 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665af',
    500: '#4e288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e288d;
$custom-light: #8665af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.574,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38774,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E288D

secondary

#94B75A

accent

#DF49A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E288D

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

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