#4E2695#4E2695

#4E2695 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.169 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2695
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 74.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 43.72, -54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 69.53, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0674 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.169 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2583, 5.1756, 28.9391)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2695 #6D9526

analogous

#263595 #4E2695 #862695

triadic

#4E2695 #954E26 #26954E

tetradic

#4E2695 #952635 #6D9526 #269586

square

#4E2695 #952635 #6D9526 #269586

split-complementary

#4E2695 #958626 #359526

monochromatic

#1B0D33 #341A64 #4E2695 #6832C6 #8A5FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#4E2695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2695 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2695

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2695	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.169 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b5',
    500: '#4e2695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2695;
$custom-light: #8764b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.622,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39218,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2695

secondary

#99BB5B

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2695

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

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