#4E2790#4E2790

#4E2790 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.162 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2790
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 72.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 41.82, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 66.26, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0675 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.162 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9001, 5.0841, 26.8926)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2790 #699027

analogous

#273490 #4E2790 #822790

triadic

#4E2790 #904E27 #27904E

tetradic

#4E2790 #902734 #699027 #279082

square

#4E2790 #902734 #699027 #279082

split-complementary

#4E2790 #908227 #349027

monochromatic

#1A0D30 #341A60 #4E2790 #6834C0 #8A5ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E2790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2790 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2790

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2790	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.162 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b1',
    500: '#4e2790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2790;
$custom-light: #8665b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38902,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2790

secondary

#96B95A

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2790

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

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