#4E2985#4E2985

#4E2985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.146 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2985
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 37.69, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 59.01, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0674 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.146 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1674, 4.8989, 22.7010)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2985 #608529

analogous

#293285 #4E2985 #7C2985

triadic

#4E2985 #854E29 #29854E

tetradic

#4E2985 #852932 #608529 #29857C

square

#4E2985 #852932 #608529 #29857C

split-complementary

#4E2985 #857C29 #328529

monochromatic

#170C27 #331B56 #4E2985 #6937B4 #895CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E2985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2985

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2985	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.146 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465a9',
    500: '#4e2985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2985;
$custom-light: #8465a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.13,
    "s": 52.874,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3824,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2985

secondary

#8EB258

accent

#DC4CA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2985

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

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