#4E1996#4E1996

#4E1996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.183 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1996
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 49.77, -57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 76.29, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0775 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.183 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.9930, 4.5167, 29.2462)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1996 #619619

analogous

#192296 #4E1996 #8D1996

triadic

#4E1996 #964E19 #19964E

tetradic

#4E1996 #961922 #619619 #19968D

square

#4E1996 #961922 #619619 #19968D

split-complementary

#4E1996 #968D19 #229619

monochromatic

#17082D #331062 #4E1996 #6922CA #8949E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4E1996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E1996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1996

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1996	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.183 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eb6',
    500: '#4e1996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1996;
$custom-light: #885eb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.44,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37907,
    "c": 0.18309,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1996

secondary

#8FC249

accent

#EE3AA2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1996

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

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