#4E2F87#4E2F87

#4E2F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.140 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2F87
RGB	rgb(78, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 34.85, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 56.43, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0602 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.14 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5304, 5.4018, 23.5102)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2F87 #68872F

analogous

#2F3C87 #4E2F87 #7A2F87

triadic

#4E2F87 #874E2F #2F874E

tetradic

#4E2F87 #872F3C #68872F #2F877A

square

#4E2F87 #872F3C #68872F #2F877A

split-complementary

#4E2F87 #877A2F #3C872F

monochromatic

#1A0F2C #341F5A #4E2F87 #683FB4 #8A66CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E2F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2F87

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2F87	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.140 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469ab',
    500: '#4e2f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2f87;
$custom-light: #8469ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.136,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39302,
    "c": 0.14013,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2F87

secondary

#95B161

accent

#D850A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2F87

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