#4E2599#4E2599

#4E2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.175 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2599
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 45.33, -56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 72.21, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0673 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.175 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5516, 5.2424, 30.6394)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2599 #709925

analogous

#253699 #4E2599 #882599

triadic

#4E2599 #994E25 #25994E

tetradic

#4E2599 #992536 #709925 #259988

square

#4E2599 #992536 #709925 #259988

split-complementary

#4E2599 #998825 #369925

monochromatic

#1C0D36 #351968 #4E2599 #6731CA #8B60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2599

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2599	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.175 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b8',
    500: '#4e2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2599;
$custom-light: #8764b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3946,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2599

secondary

#9BBE5C

accent

#E444AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2599

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

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