#4E2595#4E2595

#4E2595 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.170 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2595
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.05, 44.22, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.05, 70.06, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0683 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.17 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2268, 5.1125, 28.9286)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2595 #6C9525

analogous

#253495 #4E2595 #862595

triadic

#4E2595 #954E25 #25954E

tetradic

#4E2595 #952534 #6C9525 #259586

square

#4E2595 #952534 #6C9525 #259586

split-complementary

#4E2595 #958625 #349525

monochromatic

#1B0D33 #341964 #4E2595 #6831C6 #8A5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E2595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2595 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2595

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2595	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.170 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b5',
    500: '#4e2595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2595;
$custom-light: #8764b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.964,
    "s": 60.215,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39094,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2595

secondary

#98BC5A

accent

#E344A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2595

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

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