#4E2895#4E2895

#4E2895 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.167 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2895
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 42.70, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 68.42, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0655 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.167 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3240, 5.3069, 28.9610)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2895 #6F9528

analogous

#283995 #4E2895 #842895

triadic

#4E2895 #954E28 #28954E

tetradic

#4E2895 #952839 #6F9528 #289584

square

#4E2895 #952839 #6F9528 #289584

split-complementary

#4E2895 #958428 #399528

monochromatic

#1B0E35 #351B65 #4E2895 #6735C5 #8A62D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#4E2895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2895

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2895	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.167 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b5',
    500: '#4e2895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2895;
$custom-light: #8765b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 57.672,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39475,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2895

secondary

#9ABB5E

accent

#E147AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2895

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

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