#4E2989#4E2989

#4E2989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.151 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2989
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 38.80, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 61.25, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0668 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.151 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4490, 5.0115, 24.1842)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2989 #648929

analogous

#293489 #4E2989 #7E2989

triadic

#4E2989 #894E29 #29894E

tetradic

#4E2989 #892934 #648929 #29897E

square

#4E2989 #892934 #648929 #29897E

split-complementary

#4E2989 #897E29 #348929

monochromatic

#180D2B #331B5A #4E2989 #6937B8 #895ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4E2989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E2989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2989

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2989	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.151 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ac',
    500: '#4e2989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2989;
$custom-light: #8566ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.125,
    "s": 53.933,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38572,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2989

secondary

#91B45A

accent

#DD4AA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2989

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

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