#4E2398#4E2398

#4E2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.176 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2398
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 46.01, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 72.71, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0692 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.176 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4088, 5.0885, 30.1861)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2398 #6D9823

analogous

#233398 #4E2398 #892398

triadic

#4E2398 #984E23 #23984E

tetradic

#4E2398 #982333 #6D9823 #239889

square

#4E2398 #982333 #6D9823 #239889

split-complementary

#4E2398 #988923 #339823

monochromatic

#1B0C35 #341866 #4E2398 #682ECA #8A5CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2398

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2398	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.176 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b7',
    500: '#4e2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2398;
$custom-light: #8763b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.051,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3913,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2398

secondary

#99BE59

accent

#E642AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2398

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

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