#4E2590#4E2590

#4E2590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.164 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2590
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 42.84, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 67.36, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0695 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.164 295)
XYZ	xyz(8.8361, 4.9562, 26.8712)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2590 #679025

analogous

#253190 #4E2590 #832590

triadic

#4E2590 #904E25 #25904E

tetradic

#4E2590 #902531 #679025 #259083

square

#4E2590 #902531 #679025 #259083

split-complementary

#4E2590 #908325 #319025

monochromatic

#190C2F #34185F #4E2590 #6832C1 #895BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4E2590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E2590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2590

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2590	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.164 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b1',
    500: '#4e2590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2590;
$custom-light: #8664b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.991,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38644,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2590

secondary

#94B957

accent

#E245A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2590

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

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