#4E2299#4E2299

#4E2299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.178 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2299
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 77.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 46.76, -57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 73.74, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0698 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.178 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4621, 5.0633, 30.6096)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2299 #6D9922

analogous

#223299 #4E2299 #8A2299

triadic

#4E2299 #994E22 #22994E

tetradic

#4E2299 #992232 #6D9922 #22998A

square

#4E2299 #992232 #6D9922 #22998A

split-complementary

#4E2299 #998A22 #329922

monochromatic

#1B0C35 #341767 #4E2299 #682DCB #8A5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4E2299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2299

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2299	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.178 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b8',
    500: '#4e2299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2299;
$custom-light: #8862b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39109,
    "c": 0.1779,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2299

secondary

#99BF58

accent

#E741A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2299

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

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