#4E2A89#4E2A89

#4E2A89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.150 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A89
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 69.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 38.26, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 60.65, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0657 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.15 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.4840, 5.0816, 24.1959)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A89 #65892A

analogous

#2A3589 #4E2A89 #7E2A89

triadic

#4E2A89 #894E2A #2A894E

tetradic

#4E2A89 #892A35 #65892A #2A897E

square

#4E2A89 #892A35 #65892A #2A897E

split-complementary

#4E2A89 #897E2A #35892A

monochromatic

#190D2B #331C5A #4E2A89 #6938B8 #895FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#4E2A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4E2A89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A89

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A89	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.150 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566ac',
    500: '#4e2a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a89;
$custom-light: #8566ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.737,
    "s": 53.073,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38714,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A89

secondary

#92B45B

accent

#DC4BA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A89

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

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