#4E2A87#4E2A87

#4E2A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.147 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A87
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 37.70, -46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 59.53, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.066 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.147 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3419, 5.0247, 23.4473)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A87 #63872A

analogous

#2A3587 #4E2A87 #7D2A87

triadic

#4E2A87 #874E2A #2A874E

tetradic

#4E2A87 #872A35 #63872A #2A877D

square

#4E2A87 #872A35 #63872A #2A877D

split-complementary

#4E2A87 #877D2A #35872A

monochromatic

#180D2A #331B58 #4E2A87 #6939B6 #895ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E2A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A87

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A87	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)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.147 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ab',
    500: '#4e2a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a87;
$custom-light: #8566ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38548,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A87

secondary

#90B35A

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A87

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