#4E2593#4E2593

#4E2593 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.168 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2593
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 147)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 43.67, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 68.99, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0688 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.168 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0685, 5.0492, 28.0949)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2593 #6A9325

analogous

#253393 #4E2593 #852593

triadic

#4E2593 #934E25 #25934E

tetradic

#4E2593 #932533 #6A9325 #259385

square

#4E2593 #932533 #6A9325 #259385

split-complementary

#4E2593 #938525 #339325

monochromatic

#1A0C31 #341962 #4E2593 #6831C4 #8A5CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4E2593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2593 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2593

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2593	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.168 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b4',
    500: '#4e2593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2593;
$custom-light: #8764b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 59.783,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38913,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2593

secondary

#96BB59

accent

#E345A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2593

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

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