#4E2297#4E2297

#4E2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.176 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2297
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 46.21, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 72.69, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0704 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.176 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2983, 4.9978, 29.7469)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2297 #6B9722

analogous

#223197 #4E2297 #892297

triadic

#4E2297 #974E22 #22974E

tetradic

#4E2297 #972231 #6B9722 #229789

square

#4E2297 #972231 #6B9722 #229789

split-complementary

#4E2297 #978922 #319722

monochromatic

#1A0C33 #341765 #4E2297 #682DC9 #8A5ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#4E2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2297

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2297	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	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: #4e2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.176 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b7',
    500: '#4e2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2297;
$custom-light: #8762b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.564,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38922,
    "c": 0.17564,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2297

secondary

#97BE57

accent

#E642A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2297

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

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