#4E2690#4E2690

#4E2690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.163 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2690
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 42.34, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 66.82, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0685 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.163 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8677, 5.0193, 26.8818)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2690 #689026

analogous

#263390 #4E2690 #832690

triadic

#4E2690 #904E26 #26904E

tetradic

#4E2690 #902633 #689026 #269083

square

#4E2690 #902633 #689026 #269083

split-complementary

#4E2690 #908326 #339026

monochromatic

#1A0C2F #341960 #4E2690 #6833C0 #8A5CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#4E2690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2690

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2690	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.163 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b1',
    500: '#4e2690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2690;
$custom-light: #8664b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 58.242,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38772,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2690

secondary

#95B959

accent

#E146A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2690

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

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