#4E2891#4E2891

#4E2891 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.162 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2891
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 72.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 41.58, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 66.24, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% 0.0663 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.162 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0101, 5.1814, 27.3080)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2891 #6B9128

analogous

#283791 #4E2891 #832891

triadic

#4E2891 #914E28 #28914E

tetradic

#4E2891 #912837 #6B9128 #289183

square

#4E2891 #912837 #6B9128 #289183

split-complementary

#4E2891 #918328 #379128

monochromatic

#1A0E31 #341B61 #4E2891 #6835C1 #8A60D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4E2891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2891 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2891

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2891	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.162 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b2',
    500: '#4e2891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2891;
$custom-light: #8665b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39122,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2891

secondary

#97B95C

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2891

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

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