#4E2988#4E2988

#4E2988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.150 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2988
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 136)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 38.52, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 60.69, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0669 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.15 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3776, 4.9830, 23.8082)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2988 #638829

analogous

#293488 #4E2988 #7D2988

triadic

#4E2988 #884E29 #29884E

tetradic

#4E2988 #882934 #638829 #29887D

square

#4E2988 #882934 #638829 #29887D

split-complementary

#4E2988 #887D29 #348829

monochromatic

#180D2A #331B59 #4E2988 #6937B7 #895DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4E2988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2988

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2988	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.150 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ab',
    500: '#4e2988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2988;
$custom-light: #8566ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.368,
    "s": 53.672,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38488,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2988

secondary

#90B459

accent

#DD4BA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2988

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

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