#4E2496#4E2496

#4E2496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.172 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2496
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 44.99, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 71.13, 309.23°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0689 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.172 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2763, 5.0832, 29.3406)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2496 #6C9624

analogous

#243396 #4E2496 #872496

triadic

#4E2496 #964E24 #24964E

tetradic

#4E2496 #962433 #6C9624 #249687

square

#4E2496 #962433 #6C9624 #249687

split-complementary

#4E2496 #968724 #339624

monochromatic

#1B0C33 #341865 #4E2496 #6830C7 #8A5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E2496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2496

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2496	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)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.172 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b6',
    500: '#4e2496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2496;
$custom-light: #8763b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39064,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2496

secondary

#98BD59

accent

#E443A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2496

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

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