#4E2B87#4E2B87

#4E2B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.146 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B87
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 37.14, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 58.92, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0648 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.146 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3778, 5.0966, 23.4593)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B87 #64872B

analogous

#2B3687 #4E2B87 #7C2B87

triadic

#4E2B87 #874E2B #2B874E

tetradic

#4E2B87 #872B36 #64872B #2B877C

square

#4E2B87 #872B36 #64872B #2B877C

split-complementary

#4E2B87 #877C2B #36872B

monochromatic

#180D2A #331C59 #4E2B87 #693AB5 #8960CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4E2B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B87

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B87	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.146 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ab',
    500: '#4e2b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b87;
$custom-light: #8567ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.826,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38694,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B87

secondary

#91B25B

accent

#DB4DA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B87

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

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