#4E2090#4E2090

#4E2090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.170 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2090
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 45.25, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 69.97, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.074 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.17 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6911, 4.6661, 26.8229)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2090 #629020

analogous

#202A90 #4E2090 #862090

triadic

#4E2090 #904E20 #20904E

tetradic

#4E2090 #90202A #629020 #209086

square

#4E2090 #90202A #629020 #209086

split-complementary

#4E2090 #908620 #2A9020

monochromatic

#180A2C #33155E #4E2090 #692BC2 #8952D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4E2090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4E2090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2090

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2090	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.170 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b1',
    500: '#4e2090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2090;
$custom-light: #8661b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.643,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38047,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2090

secondary

#90BC50

accent

#E741A3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2090

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

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