#4E2395#4E2395

#4E2395 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.172 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2395
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 76.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 45.20, -54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 71.11, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0701 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.172 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.1662, 4.9914, 28.9084)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2395 #6A9523

analogous

#233195 #4E2395 #872395

triadic

#4E2395 #954E23 #23954E

tetradic

#4E2395 #952331 #6A9523 #239587

square

#4E2395 #952331 #6A9523 #239587

split-complementary

#4E2395 #958723 #319523

monochromatic

#1A0C32 #341763 #4E2395 #682FC7 #8A5AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E2395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2395 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2395

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2395	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.172 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b5',
    500: '#4e2395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2395;
$custom-light: #8763b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.632,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38853,
    "c": 0.17231,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2395

secondary

#96BD57

accent

#E543A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2395

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

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