#4E2990#4E2990

#4E2990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.159 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2990
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 40.77, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 65.12, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0655 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.159 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9675, 5.2189, 26.9150)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2990 #6B9029

analogous

#293890 #4E2990 #822990

triadic

#4E2990 #904E29 #29904E

tetradic

#4E2990 #902938 #6B9029 #299082

square

#4E2990 #902938 #6B9029 #299082

split-complementary

#4E2990 #908229 #389029

monochromatic

#1A0E31 #341B60 #4E2990 #6837C0 #8A61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#4E2990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4E2990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2990

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2990	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.159 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b1',
    500: '#4e2990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2990;
$custom-light: #8666b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39169,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2990

secondary

#97B85D

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2990

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

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