#4E2191#4E2191

#4E2191 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.170 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2191
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 145)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 77.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 45.06, -53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 70.00, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0729 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.17 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7952, 4.7515, 27.2363)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2191 #649121

analogous

#212C91 #4E2191 #862191

triadic

#4E2191 #914E21 #21914E

tetradic

#4E2191 #91212C #649121 #219186

square

#4E2191 #91212C #649121 #219186

split-complementary

#4E2191 #918621 #2C9121

monochromatic

#180A2D #33165F #4E2191 #692CC3 #8954D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E2191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2191 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2191

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2191	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.170 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761b2',
    500: '#4e2191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2191;
$custom-light: #8761b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.107,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38253,
    "c": 0.16994,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2191

secondary

#91BC52

accent

#E642A4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2191

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

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