#4E2995#4E2995

#4E2995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.165 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2995
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 42.18, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 67.86, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0645 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.165 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.3581, 5.3752, 28.9724)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2995 #709529

analogous

#293A95 #4E2995 #842995

triadic

#4E2995 #954E29 #29954E

tetradic

#4E2995 #95293A #709529 #299584

square

#4E2995 #95293A #709529 #299584

split-complementary

#4E2995 #958429 #3A9529

monochromatic

#1C0F35 #351C65 #4E2995 #6736C5 #8B64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4E2995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2995

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2995	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.165 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b5',
    500: '#4e2995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2995;
$custom-light: #8666b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.556,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39607,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2995

secondary

#9BBA60

accent

#E048AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2995

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

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