#4E2993#4E2993

#4E2993 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2993
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 147)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 41.62, -52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 66.77, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0649 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.163 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1998, 5.3119, 28.1387)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2993 #6E9329

analogous

#293993 #4E2993 #832993

triadic

#4E2993 #934E29 #29934E

tetradic

#4E2993 #932939 #6E9329 #299383

square

#4E2993 #932939 #6E9329 #299383

split-complementary

#4E2993 #938329 #399329

monochromatic

#1B0E33 #351C63 #4E2993 #6736C3 #8A63D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E2993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2993 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2993

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2993	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b4',
    500: '#4e2993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2993;
$custom-light: #8666b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.943,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39431,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2993

secondary

#9AB95E

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2993

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

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