#4E2894#4E2894

#4E2894 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.165 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2894
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 148)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 73%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 42.42, -52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 67.88, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0657 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.165 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2445, 5.2751, 28.5424)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2894 #6E9428

analogous

#283894 #4E2894 #842894

triadic

#4E2894 #944E28 #28944E

tetradic

#4E2894 #942838 #6E9428 #289484

square

#4E2894 #942838 #6E9428 #289484

split-complementary

#4E2894 #948428 #389428

monochromatic

#1B0E34 #351B64 #4E2894 #6735C4 #8A62D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4E2894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2894 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2894

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2894	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.165 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b4',
    500: '#4e2894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2894;
$custom-light: #8665b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39386,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2894

secondary

#9ABA5E

accent

#E147AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2894

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

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