#4E2498#4E2498

#4E2498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.175 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2498
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 45.54, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 72.20, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0684 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.175 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.4387, 5.1481, 30.1961)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2498 #6E9824

analogous

#243498 #4E2498 #882498

triadic

#4E2498 #984E24 #24984E

tetradic

#4E2498 #982434 #6E9824 #249888

square

#4E2498 #982434 #6E9824 #249888

split-complementary

#4E2498 #988824 #349824

monochromatic

#1B0D35 #351867 #4E2498 #6730C9 #8A5ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4E2498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2498

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2498	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.175 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763b7',
    500: '#4e2498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2498;
$custom-light: #8763b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.724,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39248,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2498

secondary

#9ABE5A

accent

#E543AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2498

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

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