#4E2896#4E2896

#4E2896 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.168 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2896
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 73.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 42.98, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 68.97, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0653 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.168 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4042, 5.3390, 29.3833)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2896 #709628

analogous

#283996 #4E2896 #852896

triadic

#4E2896 #964E28 #28964E

tetradic

#4E2896 #962839 #709628 #289685

square

#4E2896 #962839 #709628 #289685

split-complementary

#4E2896 #968528 #399628

monochromatic

#1C0E35 #351B66 #4E2896 #6735C6 #8B63D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4E2896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2896 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2896

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2896	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.168 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b6',
    500: '#4e2896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2896;
$custom-light: #8766b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39564,
    "c": 0.16782,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2896

secondary

#9BBB5F

accent

#E147AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2896

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

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