#4E2893#4E2893

#4E2893 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.164 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2893
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 147)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 72.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 42.14, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 67.33, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0659 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.164 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1657, 5.2436, 28.1273)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2893 #6D9328

analogous

#283893 #4E2893 #842893

triadic

#4E2893 #934E28 #28934E

tetradic

#4E2893 #932838 #6D9328 #289384

square

#4E2893 #932838 #6D9328 #289384

split-complementary

#4E2893 #938428 #389328

monochromatic

#1B0E33 #341B63 #4E2893 #6835C3 #8A61D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#4E2893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2893 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2893

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2893	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.164 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b4',
    500: '#4e2893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2893;
$custom-light: #8665b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39298,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2893

secondary

#99BA5D

accent

#E047AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2893

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

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