#4E2491#4E2491

#4E2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.167 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2491
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 43.61, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 68.44, 309.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.61% 0.0702 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(38.61% 0.167 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8822, 4.9256, 27.2653)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.70

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2491 #679124

analogous

#243191 #4E2491 #842491

triadic

#4E2491 #914E24 #24914E

tetradic

#4E2491 #912431 #679124 #249184

square

#4E2491 #912431 #679124 #249184

split-complementary

#4E2491 #918424 #319124

monochromatic

#190C2F #341860 #4E2491 #6830C2 #8959D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#4E2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2491

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2491	1.00	10.58	1.99	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.167 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b2',
    500: '#4e2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2491;
$custom-light: #8663b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38609,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2491

secondary

#94BA56

accent

#E344A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2491

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

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