#4E2295#4E2295

#4E2295 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.173 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2295
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 45.67, -55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 71.63, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0709 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.173 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1372, 4.9334, 28.8988)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2295 #699522

analogous

#222F95 #4E2295 #872295

triadic

#4E2295 #954E22 #22954E

tetradic

#4E2295 #95222F #699522 #229587

square

#4E2295 #95222F #699522 #229587

split-complementary

#4E2295 #958722 #2F9522

monochromatic

#1A0B31 #341763 #4E2295 #682DC7 #8A58D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4E2295 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2295 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2295

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2295	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2295	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2295;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.173 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b5',
    500: '#4e2295',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2295;
$custom-light: #8762b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2295",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.957,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38736,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2295

secondary

#96BD56

accent

#E642A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2295

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

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