#4E2396#4E2396

#4E2396 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.173 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2396
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 76.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 45.47, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 71.65, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0698 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.173 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2464, 5.0235, 29.3307)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2396 #6B9623

analogous

#233296 #4E2396 #882396

triadic

#4E2396 #964E23 #23964E

tetradic

#4E2396 #962332 #6B9623 #239688

square

#4E2396 #962332 #6B9623 #239688

split-complementary

#4E2396 #968823 #329623

monochromatic

#1A0C33 #341764 #4E2396 #682FC8 #8A5BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E2396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2396 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2396

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2396	1.00	10.47	2.00	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.173 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b6',
    500: '#4e2396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2396;
$custom-light: #8763b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.435,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38945,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2396

secondary

#97BD58

accent

#E543A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2396

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

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