#4E2791#4E2791

#4E2791 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.163 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2791
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 73.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 42.10, -51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 66.80, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0673 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.163 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9769, 5.1148, 27.2969)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2791 #6A9127

analogous

#273591 #4E2791 #832791

triadic

#4E2791 #914E27 #27914E

tetradic

#4E2791 #912735 #6A9127 #279183

square

#4E2791 #912735 #6A9127 #279183

split-complementary

#4E2791 #918327 #359127

monochromatic

#1A0D31 #341A61 #4E2791 #6834C1 #8A5FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4E2791 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2791 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2791

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2791	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2791	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2791;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.163 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b2',
    500: '#4e2791',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2791;
$custom-light: #8665b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2791",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3899,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2791

secondary

#96B95B

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2791

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

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