#4E2594#4E2594

#4E2594 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.169 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2594
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 75%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 43.95, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 69.53, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0685 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.169 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1473, 5.0807, 28.5099)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2594 #6B9425

analogous

#253494 #4E2594 #862594

triadic

#4E2594 #944E25 #25944E

tetradic

#4E2594 #942534 #6B9425 #259486

square

#4E2594 #942534 #6B9425 #259486

split-complementary

#4E2594 #948625 #349425

monochromatic

#1A0D32 #341963 #4E2594 #6831C5 #8A5DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4E2594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2594 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2594

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2594	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.169 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b4',
    500: '#4e2594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2594;
$custom-light: #8764b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39003,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2594

secondary

#97BB59

accent

#E345A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2594

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

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