#4E2591#4E2591

#4E2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.165 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2591
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 43.12, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 67.91, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0692 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.165 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9129, 4.9869, 27.2755)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2591 #689125

analogous

#253291 #4E2591 #842591

triadic

#4E2591 #914E25 #25914E

tetradic

#4E2591 #912532 #689125 #259184

square

#4E2591 #912532 #689125 #259184

split-complementary

#4E2591 #918425 #329125

monochromatic

#1A0C2F #341960 #4E2591 #6831C2 #8A5BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2591

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2591	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.165 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b2',
    500: '#4e2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2591;
$custom-light: #8664b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.778,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38733,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2591

secondary

#95BA58

accent

#E345A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2591

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

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