#4E2991#4E2991

#4E2991 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.161 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2991
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 41.05, -51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 65.67, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0653 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.161 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.0443, 5.2497, 27.3193)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2991 #6C9129

analogous

#293891 #4E2991 #822991

triadic

#4E2991 #914E29 #29914E

tetradic

#4E2991 #912938 #6C9129 #299182

square

#4E2991 #912938 #6C9129 #299182

split-complementary

#4E2991 #918229 #389129

monochromatic

#1B0E32 #341C61 #4E2991 #6836C1 #8A62D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#4E2991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4E2991 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2991

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2991	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.161 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b2',
    500: '#4e2991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2991;
$custom-light: #8666b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.346,
    "s": 55.914,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39256,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.0525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2991

secondary

#98B85D

accent

#DF49AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2991

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

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