#4E2899#4E2899

#4E2899 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.171 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2899
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 73.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 43.83, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 70.59, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0646 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.171 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6488, 5.4369, 30.6718)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2899 #739928

analogous

#283A99 #4E2899 #862899

triadic

#4E2899 #994E28 #28994E

tetradic

#4E2899 #99283A #739928 #289986

square

#4E2899 #99283A #739928 #289986

split-complementary

#4E2899 #998628 #3A9928

monochromatic

#1D0F38 #351B68 #4E2899 #6735CA #8B65D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4E2899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2899 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2899

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2899	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.171 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b8',
    500: '#4e2899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2899;
$custom-light: #8766b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.177,
    "s": 58.549,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39834,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2899

secondary

#9EBD60

accent

#E246AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2899

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

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