#4E2490#4E2490

#4E2490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.165 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2490
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 43.34, -52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 67.91, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0704 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.165 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8054, 4.8948, 26.8610)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.58

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2490 #669024

analogous

#243090 #4E2490 #842490

triadic

#4E2490 #904E24 #24904E

tetradic

#4E2490 #902430 #669024 #249084

square

#4E2490 #902430 #669024 #249084

split-complementary

#4E2490 #908424 #309024

monochromatic

#190C2E #33185F #4E2490 #6930C1 #8959D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E2490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E2490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2490

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2490	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.165 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b1',
    500: '#4e2490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2490;
$custom-light: #8663b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38519,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2490

secondary

#93BA56

accent

#E345A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2490

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

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