#4E2097#4E2097

#4E2097 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2097
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 47.13, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 73.67, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.072 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.178 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2428, 4.8868, 29.7284)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2097 #699720

analogous

#202E97 #4E2097 #892097

triadic

#4E2097 #974E20 #20974E

tetradic

#4E2097 #97202E #699720 #209789

square

#4E2097 #97202E #699720 #209789

split-complementary

#4E2097 #978920 #2E9720

monochromatic

#1A0B32 #341564 #4E2097 #682BC9 #8A56DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4E2097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2097 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2097

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2097	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761b7',
    500: '#4e2097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2097;
$custom-light: #8761b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.193,
    "s": 65.027,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38699,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2097

secondary

#96BF54

accent

#E840A7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2097

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

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