#4E2691#4E2691

#4E2691 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.164 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2691
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 42.61, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 67.36, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0683 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.164 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9444, 5.0500, 27.2861)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2691 #699126

analogous

#263391 #4E2691 #832691

triadic

#4E2691 #914E26 #26914E

tetradic

#4E2691 #912633 #699126 #269183

square

#4E2691 #912633 #699126 #269183

split-complementary

#4E2691 #918326 #339126

monochromatic

#1A0D30 #341961 #4E2691 #6833C1 #8A5DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4E2691 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E2691 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2691

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2691	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2691	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2691;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.164 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b2',
    500: '#4e2691',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2691;
$custom-light: #8664b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2691",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.43,
    "s": 58.47,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3886,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2691

secondary

#96BA59

accent

#E246A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2691

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

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