#4E2E87#4E2E87

#4E2E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.142 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E87
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 35.43, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 57.06, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% 0.0614 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.142 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4909, 5.3228, 23.4970)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E87 #67872E

analogous

#2E3A87 #4E2E87 #7A2E87

triadic

#4E2E87 #874E2E #2E874E

tetradic

#4E2E87 #872E3A #67872E #2E877A

square

#4E2E87 #872E3A #67872E #2E877A

split-complementary

#4E2E87 #877A2E #3A872E

monochromatic

#190F2C #341E59 #4E2E87 #683EB5 #8965CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E2E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E87

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E87	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.142 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469ab',
    500: '#4e2e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e87;
$custom-light: #8469ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.573,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39147,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E87

secondary

#94B160

accent

#D94FA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E87

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

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