#4E2391#4E2391

#4E2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.168 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2391
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.35, 44.10, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.35, 68.97, 309.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0711 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.168 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8524, 4.8659, 27.2554)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2391 #669123

analogous

#232F91 #4E2391 #852391

triadic

#4E2391 #914E23 #23914E

tetradic

#4E2391 #91232F #669123 #239185

square

#4E2391 #91232F #669123 #239185

split-complementary

#4E2391 #918523 #2F9123

monochromatic

#190B2E #331760 #4E2391 #692FC2 #8958D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4E2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2391

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2391	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.168 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b2',
    500: '#4e2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2391;
$custom-light: #8662b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38488,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2391

secondary

#93BB55

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2391

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

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