#4E2794#4E2794

#4E2794 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.167 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2794
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 148)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.32, 42.94, -53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.32, 68.44, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0667 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.167 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2112, 5.2086, 28.5313)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2794 #6D9427

analogous

#273794 #4E2794 #852794

triadic

#4E2794 #944E27 #27944E

tetradic

#4E2794 #942737 #6D9427 #279485

square

#4E2794 #942737 #6D9427 #279485

split-complementary

#4E2794 #948527 #379427

monochromatic

#1B0D33 #341A64 #4E2794 #6834C4 #8A60D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4E2794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2794 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2794

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2794	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)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.167 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b4',
    500: '#4e2794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2794;
$custom-light: #8765b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39256,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2794

secondary

#99BB5C

accent

#E246AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2794

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

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