#4E2994#4E2994

#4E2994 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.164 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2994
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 148)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 41.90, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 67.31, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0647 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.164 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2786, 5.3434, 28.5537)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2994 #6F9429

analogous

#293994 #4E2994 #842994

triadic

#4E2994 #944E29 #29944E

tetradic

#4E2994 #942939 #6F9429 #299484

square

#4E2994 #942939 #6F9429 #299484

split-complementary

#4E2994 #948429 #399429

monochromatic

#1B0E34 #351C64 #4E2994 #6736C4 #8A63D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4E2994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E2994 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2994

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2994	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39445B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.164 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b4',
    500: '#4e2994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2994;
$custom-light: #8666b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.748,
    "s": 56.614,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39519,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2994

secondary

#9ABA5F

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2994

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

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