#4E2998#4E2998

#4E2998 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.169 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2998
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 152)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 73%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 43.03, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 69.50, 308.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0639 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.169 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6007, 5.4722, 30.2501)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2998 #739829

analogous

#293B98 #4E2998 #852998

triadic

#4E2998 #984E29 #29984E

tetradic

#4E2998 #98293B #739829 #299885

square

#4E2998 #98293B #739829 #299885

split-complementary

#4E2998 #988529 #3B9829

monochromatic

#1D0F38 #351C68 #4E2998 #6736C8 #8B66D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4E2998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E2998 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2998

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2998	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.169 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766b7',
    500: '#4e2998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2998;
$custom-light: #8766b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 57.513,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39874,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2998

secondary

#9EBC61

accent

#E147AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2998

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

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