#4E0296#4E0296

#4E0296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.197 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0296
RGB	rgb(78, 2, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 97%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 99%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 98.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 56.00, -61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 83.00, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0885 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.197 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6671, 3.8649, 29.1376)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0296 #4A9602

analogous

#040296 #4E0296 #960294

triadic

#4E0296 #964E02 #02964E

tetradic

#4E0296 #960402 #4A9602 #029496

square

#4E0296 #960402 #4A9602 #029496

split-complementary

#4E0296 #949602 #029604

monochromatic

#10001E #2F015A #4E0296 #6D03D2 #8C17FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4E0296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E0296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0296

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0296	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 2, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.197 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8957b6',
    500: '#4e0296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0296;
$custom-light: #8957b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 2,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 97.368,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36482,
    "c": 0.19674,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0296

secondary

#78CD27

accent

#FF2991

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0296

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

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