#4E2495#4E2495

#4E2495 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.171 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2495
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 44.71, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 70.59, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0692 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.171 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1961, 5.0511, 28.9184)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2495 #6B9524

analogous

#243395 #4E2495 #872495

triadic

#4E2495 #954E24 #24954E

tetradic

#4E2495 #952433 #6B9524 #249587

square

#4E2495 #952433 #6B9524 #249587

split-complementary

#4E2495 #958724 #339524

monochromatic

#1A0C32 #341864 #4E2495 #6830C6 #8A5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4E2495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2495 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2495

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2495	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.171 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b5',
    500: '#4e2495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2495;
$custom-light: #8763b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.301,
    "s": 61.081,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38972,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2495

secondary

#97BC59

accent

#E444A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2495

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

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