#4E2596#4E2596

#4E2596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.171 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2596
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 44.50, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 70.60, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.068 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.171 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3070, 5.1445, 29.3509)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2596 #6D9625

analogous

#253596 #4E2596 #872596

triadic

#4E2596 #964E25 #25964E

tetradic

#4E2596 #962535 #6D9625 #259687

square

#4E2596 #962535 #6D9625 #259687

split-complementary

#4E2596 #968725 #359625

monochromatic

#1B0D34 #341965 #4E2596 #6831C7 #8A5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4E2596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4E2596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2596

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2596	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.171 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b6',
    500: '#4e2596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2596;
$custom-light: #8764b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39185,
    "c": 0.17126,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2596

secondary

#99BC5B

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2596

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

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