#4E2898#4E2898

#4E2898 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.170 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2898
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 43.55, -54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 70.05, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.0648 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.17 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5666, 5.4040, 30.2387)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2898 #729828

analogous

#283A98 #4E2898 #862898

triadic

#4E2898 #984E28 #28984E

tetradic

#4E2898 #98283A #729828 #289886

square

#4E2898 #98283A #729828 #289886

split-complementary

#4E2898 #988628 #3A9828

monochromatic

#1C0F37 #351B68 #4E2898 #6735C8 #8B64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E2898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2898 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2898

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2898	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.170 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b7',
    500: '#4e2898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2898;
$custom-light: #8766b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39744,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2898

secondary

#9DBC60

accent

#E246AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2898

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

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