#4E2497#4E2497

#4E2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.174 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2497
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 45.26, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 71.66, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0687 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.174 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3571, 5.1155, 29.7665)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2497 #6D9724

analogous

#243497 #4E2497 #882497

triadic

#4E2497 #974E24 #24974E

tetradic

#4E2497 #972434 #6D9724 #249788

square

#4E2497 #972434 #6D9724 #249788

split-complementary

#4E2497 #978824 #349724

monochromatic

#1B0C34 #341866 #4E2497 #6830C8 #8A5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2497

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2497	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.174 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b7',
    500: '#4e2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2497;
$custom-light: #8763b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39156,
    "c": 0.17352,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2497

secondary

#99BD5A

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2497

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

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