#4E2197#4E2197

#4E2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.177 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2197
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 46.67, -56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 73.18, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0712 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.177 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2701, 4.9415, 29.7375)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2197 #6A9721

analogous

#212F97 #4E2197 #892197

triadic

#4E2197 #974E21 #21974E

tetradic

#4E2197 #97212F #6A9721 #219789

square

#4E2197 #97212F #6A9721 #219789

split-complementary

#4E2197 #978921 #2F9721

monochromatic

#1A0B33 #341665 #4E2197 #682CC9 #8A58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4E2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2197

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2197	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.177 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b7',
    500: '#4e2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2197;
$custom-light: #8762b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.881,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38809,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2197

secondary

#96BE55

accent

#E741A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2197

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

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