#4E2494#4E2494

#4E2494 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.170 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2494
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 148)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 75.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 44.44, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 70.06, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0694 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.17 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1166, 5.0193, 28.4997)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2494 #6A9424

analogous

#243294 #4E2494 #862494

triadic

#4E2494 #944E24 #24944E

tetradic

#4E2494 #942432 #6A9424 #249486

square

#4E2494 #942432 #6A9424 #249486

split-complementary

#4E2494 #948624 #329424

monochromatic

#1A0C32 #341863 #4E2494 #6830C5 #8A5BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4E2494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2494 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2494

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2494	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.170 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b4',
    500: '#4e2494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2494;
$custom-light: #8763b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38881,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2494

secondary

#96BC58

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2494

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

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