#4E2996#4E2996

#4E2996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.167 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2996
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 42.46, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 68.41, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0643 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.167 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4383, 5.4073, 29.3947)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2996 #719629

analogous

#293B96 #4E2996 #852996

triadic

#4E2996 #964E29 #29964E

tetradic

#4E2996 #96293B #719629 #299685

square

#4E2996 #96293B #719629 #299685

split-complementary

#4E2996 #968529 #3B9629

monochromatic

#1C0F36 #351C66 #4E2996 #6736C6 #8B65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E2996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E2996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2996

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2996	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.167 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b6',
    500: '#4e2996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2996;
$custom-light: #8766b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.367,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39696,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2996

secondary

#9CBB60

accent

#E047AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2996

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →