#4E2698#4E2698

#4E2698 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.172 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2698
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 75%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 44.56, -55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 71.14, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0666 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.172 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5009, 5.2726, 30.2168)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2698 #709826

analogous

#263798 #4E2698 #872698

triadic

#4E2698 #984E26 #26984E

tetradic

#4E2698 #982637 #709826 #269887

square

#4E2698 #982637 #709826 #269887

split-complementary

#4E2698 #988726 #379826

monochromatic

#1C0E36 #351A67 #4E2698 #6732C9 #8B61D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4E2698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2698 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2698

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2698	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.172 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764b7',
    500: '#4e2698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2698;
$custom-light: #8764b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39491,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2698

secondary

#9BBD5D

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2698

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

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