#4E2A90#4E2A90

#4E2A90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.158 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A90
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 144)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 70.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 40.23, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 64.54, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% 0.0645 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.158 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0025, 5.2890, 26.9267)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A90 #6C902A

analogous

#2A3990 #4E2A90 #812A90

triadic

#4E2A90 #904E2A #2A904E

tetradic

#4E2A90 #902A39 #6C902A #2A9081

square

#4E2A90 #902A39 #6C902A #2A9081

split-complementary

#4E2A90 #90812A #39902A

monochromatic

#1B0E31 #341C61 #4E2A90 #6838BF #8A63D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4E2A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E2A90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A90

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A90	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.158 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666b1',
    500: '#4e2a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a90;
$custom-light: #8666b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39307,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A90

secondary

#98B75E

accent

#DE4AAA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A90

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

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