#4E2592#4E2592

#4E2592 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.167 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2592
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 146)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 43.39, -52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 68.45, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.069 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.167 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9903, 5.0179, 27.6834)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2592 #699225

analogous

#253292 #4E2592 #842592

triadic

#4E2592 #924E25 #25924E

tetradic

#4E2592 #922532 #699225 #259284

square

#4E2592 #922532 #699225 #259284

split-complementary

#4E2592 #928425 #329225

monochromatic

#1A0C30 #341961 #4E2592 #6831C3 #8A5CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4E2592 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2592 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2592

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2592	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2592	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2592;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.167 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b3',
    500: '#4e2592',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2592;
$custom-light: #8664b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2592",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.569,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38823,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2592

secondary

#96BA58

accent

#E345A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2592

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

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