#4E2B89#4E2B89

#4E2B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.148 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B89
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 37.70, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 60.05, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0646 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.148 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5199, 5.1534, 24.2079)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B89 #66892B

analogous

#2B3789 #4E2B89 #7D2B89

triadic

#4E2B89 #894E2B #2B894E

tetradic

#4E2B89 #892B37 #66892B #2B897D

square

#4E2B89 #892B37 #66892B #2B897D

split-complementary

#4E2B89 #897D2B #37892B

monochromatic

#190E2C #331C5A #4E2B89 #693AB8 #8961CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4E2B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B89

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B89	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.148 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567ac',
    500: '#4e2b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b89;
$custom-light: #8567ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.34,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38859,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B89

secondary

#93B35C

accent

#DC4CA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B89

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

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