#4E2A88#4E2A88

#4E2A88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.148 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A88
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 136)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 37.98, -46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 60.09, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0658 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.148 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4126, 5.0530, 23.8199)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A88 #64882A

analogous

#2A3588 #4E2A88 #7D2A88

triadic

#4E2A88 #884E2A #2A884E

tetradic

#4E2A88 #882A35 #64882A #2A887D

square

#4E2A88 #882A35 #64882A #2A887D

split-complementary

#4E2A88 #887D2A #35882A

monochromatic

#180D2A #331C59 #4E2A88 #6938B7 #895FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E2A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A88

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A88	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)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.148 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ab',
    500: '#4e2a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a88;
$custom-light: #8566ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38631,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A88

secondary

#91B35B

accent

#DC4CA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A88

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

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