#4E2C87#4E2C87

#4E2C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.144 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C87
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 36.58, -45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 58.31, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0637 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.144 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4146, 5.1702, 23.4716)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C87 #65872C

analogous

#2C3787 #4E2C87 #7C2C87

triadic

#4E2C87 #874E2C #2C874E

tetradic

#4E2C87 #872C37 #65872C #2C877C

square

#4E2C87 #872C37 #65872C #2C877C

split-complementary

#4E2C87 #877C2C #37872C

monochromatic

#190E2B #331D59 #4E2C87 #693BB5 #8962CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4E2C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C87

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C87	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.144 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467ab',
    500: '#4e2c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c87;
$custom-light: #8467ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.418,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38843,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C87

secondary

#92B25D

accent

#DA4DA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C87

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

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