#4E2997#4E2997

#4E2997 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.168 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2997
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 151)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 42.75, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 68.95, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0641 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.168 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5192, 5.4396, 29.8205)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2997 #729729

analogous

#293B97 #4E2997 #852997

triadic

#4E2997 #974E29 #29974E

tetradic

#4E2997 #97293B #729729 #299785

square

#4E2997 #97293B #729729 #299785

split-complementary

#4E2997 #978529 #3B9729

monochromatic

#1C0F37 #351C67 #4E2997 #6736C7 #8B65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4E2997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2997 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2997

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2997	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.168 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b7',
    500: '#4e2997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2997;
$custom-light: #8766b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.182,
    "s": 57.292,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39785,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2997

secondary

#9DBB61

accent

#E147AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2997

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

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