#4E2699#4E2699

#4E2699 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.174 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2699
RGB	rgb(78, 38, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 75.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 44.84, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 71.68, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0664 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.174 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5832, 5.3055, 30.6499)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2699 #719926

analogous

#263799 #4E2699 #882699

triadic

#4E2699 #994E26 #26994E

tetradic

#4E2699 #992637 #719926 #269988

square

#4E2699 #992637 #719926 #269988

split-complementary

#4E2699 #998826 #379926

monochromatic

#1C0E37 #351A68 #4E2699 #6732CA #8B62D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4E2699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2699 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2699

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2699	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 38, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.174 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b8',
    500: '#4e2699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2699;
$custom-light: #8765b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39582,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2699

secondary

#9CBD5E

accent

#E344AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2699

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

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