#4E2194#4E2194

#4E2194 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.173 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2194
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 148)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 45.86, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 71.60, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.072 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.173 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0296, 4.8453, 28.4707)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2194 #679421

analogous

#212E94 #4E2194 #872194

triadic

#4E2194 #944E21 #21944E

tetradic

#4E2194 #94212E #679421 #219487

square

#4E2194 #94212E #679421 #219487

split-complementary

#4E2194 #948721 #2E9421

monochromatic

#190B30 #341662 #4E2194 #682CC6 #8956D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4E2194 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2194 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2194

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2194	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2194	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2194;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.173 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b4',
    500: '#4e2194',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2194;
$custom-light: #8762b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2194",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38529,
    "c": 0.17331,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2194

secondary

#94BD54

accent

#E741A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2194

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

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