#4E288F#4E288F

#4E288F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.159 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E288F
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 72%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 41.02, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 65.14, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0667 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.159 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8573, 5.1202, 26.5029)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E288F #698F28

analogous

#28358F #4E288F #81288F

triadic

#4E288F #8F4E28 #288F4E

tetradic

#4E288F #8F2835 #698F28 #288F81

square

#4E288F #8F2835 #698F28 #288F81

split-complementary

#4E288F #8F8128 #358F28

monochromatic

#1A0D2F #341B5F #4E288F #6835BF #8A5FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E288F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E288F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E288F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E288F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E288F	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e288f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.159 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b1',
    500: '#4e288f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e288f;
$custom-light: #8665b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e288f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 56.284,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38947,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E288F

secondary

#96B85B

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E288F

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

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