#4E2296#4E2296

#4E2296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2296
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 77.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.64, 45.94, -55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.64, 72.16, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0706 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.175 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2174, 4.9655, 29.3210)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2296 #6A9622

analogous

#223096 #4E2296 #882296

triadic

#4E2296 #964E22 #22964E

tetradic

#4E2296 #962230 #6A9622 #229688

square

#4E2296 #962230 #6A9622 #229688

split-complementary

#4E2296 #968822 #309622

monochromatic

#1A0B32 #341764 #4E2296 #682DC8 #8A59D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4E2296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2296

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2296	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b6',
    500: '#4e2296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2296;
$custom-light: #8762b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38829,
    "c": 0.17451,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2296

secondary

#96BE56

accent

#E642A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2296

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

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