#4E2696#4E2696

#4E2696 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.170 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2696
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 74.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 44.00, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 70.07, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0671 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.17 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3385, 5.2076, 29.3614)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2696 #6E9626

analogous

#263696 #4E2696 #862696

triadic

#4E2696 #964E26 #26964E

tetradic

#4E2696 #962636 #6E9626 #269686

square

#4E2696 #962636 #6E9626 #269686

split-complementary

#4E2696 #968626 #369626

monochromatic

#1B0D34 #351A65 #4E2696 #6732C7 #8A60D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4E2696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2696

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2696	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.170 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b6',
    500: '#4e2696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2696;
$custom-light: #8764b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39309,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2696

secondary

#9ABC5C

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2696

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

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